China's humanoid robot race got a lot more serious this year. The winning machine didn't just improve on last year — it ...

A premapped course, a crew of handlers and a world-beating time: here’s what this Beijing half marathon reveals about how far ...

Last year at the Humanoid Robot Half-Marathon in Beijing the winning robot stumbled across the finish line in 2 hours and 40 ...

Some robots ran the Beijing half-marathon autonomously, while others were controlled remotely, all competing on a parallel ...

On April 19, 2026, in Beijing, China, @Lālālālāla shared a video of a humanoid robot running during the Beijing E-Town ...

Humanoid robots outran the fastest human competitors while surpassing the human world record during a half-marathon event ...

An autonomous robot from the company Honor ran a half marathon in 50:26, beating the human record by 7 minutes.

Our race is run. A Chinese-built robot comfortably beat the human half-marathon world record Sunday during an annual race in ...

By Laurie Chen BEIJING, April 18 (Reuters) - More than 300 humanoid robots participating in China's second robot ...

On April 19, 2026, in Beijing, China, @Jǐhuì shared a video of a humanoid robot during the Beijing E-Town Humanoid Robot Half Marathon. In the video, the robot is seen running along the course before ...

BEIJING — It was not even close as a bright red Chinese humanoid named “Lightning” lived up to its name in a half-marathon ...

A Chinese humanoid robot has beaten the human half marathon record, marking a major milestone in robotics and AI development.