Robots are no longer confined to factories. From beating elite table tennis players to running marathons and performing dance ...

Humanoid robots outperformed many human runners at the Beijing half-marathon, showing major progress in speed and balance.

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

In Beijing, a humanoid robot named Lightning finished a half marathon in 50 minutes and 26 seconds, beating the human world ...

On a crisp Sunday morning, the starting gun rang out at an innovation zone on the southeastern outskirts of Beijing. More than 100 humanoid robotic runners clattered across the starting line, their ...

On the morning of April 19, 2026, a bipedal humanoid robot built by Chinese tech company Honor crossed the finish line of a ...

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

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

For years, humanoid robots have been trying to match human ability in the physical world — balancing, walking, lifting, and navigating controlled environments. While machines have surpassed humans in ...

Spectators lined the roads in Yizhuang in the capital's south to watch the machines and their human rivals race, each group ...

A humanoid robot competing against flesh-and-blood runners broke the world record at a Beijing half marathon on Sunday, ...

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