
Humanoid Robots Outpace Humans in Beijing Half-Marathon, Showcasing Rapid Advances
Humanoid robots participated in and outpaced human runners in a Beijing half-marathon, demonstrating significant technological progress in robotics, with winning robots recording faster times than human world records.
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Humanoid robots show rapid advances as they race past humans in Beijing half-marathon
Winning robot records faster time than Jacob Kiplimo’s world record More than 100 robots run in parallel tracks to avoid collisions with humans Dozens of Chinese-made humanoid robots showed off their fast-improving athleticism as they whizzed past human runners in a half-marathon race in Beijing on Sunday, having lagged far behind a year earlier. The race’s inaugural edition last year was riddled with mishaps, as many robots struggled to get off the starting line, and most were unable to f...
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