China’s humanoid robot half marathon showed real gains in speed and autonomy, even if the race still revealed clear technical limits.

Earlier this month, Beijing played host to the unusual spectacle of humanoid robots running a half-marathon. The robots ran alongside the 12,000 or so human runners who slogged their way around ...

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

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

A robot in China outran the human half-marathon record, though tumbles and chaos stole part of the spotlight.

A humanoid robot beat the human world record at the Beijing half marathon, signaling rapid advances in robotics, speed, and ...

A Chinese humanoid robot named Flash broke the half-marathon world record in Beijing on Sunday, April 19, coming in a whole ...

A humanoid robot that won a half-marathon race for robots in Beijing on Sunday ran faster than the human world record in a ...

Last year’s inaugural race saw many of the participating humanoids stumble, careen out of control, or just lie down at the ...

The “robot-only” division of the Beijing E-Town Half-Marathon on Sunday, April 19, saw humanoid robots attempt a full 21.1km ...

Chinese startups are churning out more humanoid robots than their U.S. rivals, despite far lower valuations.

There has been a lot of talk about a fully autonomous robot that broke a human world record during a half marathon in China.