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Chinese humanoid robot 'Lightning' beats human 100m world record, state media sa

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20 Apr
An autonomous robot from the company Honor ran a half marathon in 50:26, beating the human record by 7 minutes. www.wired.com/story/a-huma...

An autonomous robot from the company Honor ran a half marathon in 50:26, beating the human record by 7 minutes. www.wired.com/story/a-huma...

OPINION · WHAT · WiredOPEN STORY
20 Apr
Humanoid robots outrun humans in Beijing marathon

<!-- SC_OFF --><div class="md"><p>Beijing’s half‑marathon turned into a showcase of cutting‑edge technology when a humanoid robot named “Xiao‑Mi” took to the 21‑kilometre course

OPINION · WHEN · ArtificialInteligenceOPEN STORY
23 Aug
WHRG'26: Tiangong humanoid robot crushed the 400m in 38.15 and the 1500m in 2:21.6, smashing the human world records of 43.03 and 3:26 set by Niekerk (2016) and Guerrouj (1998) respectively

<table> <tr><td> <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/singularity/comments/1vwak0v/whrg26_tiangong_humanoid_robot_crushed_the_400m/"> <img alt="WHRG'26: Tiangong humanoid robot

OPINION · WHAT · singularityOPEN STORY
30 Apr
Bolt by MirrorMe just clocked 10.09 m/s outdoors. Usain Bolt's all-time record is 12.42 m/s. The gap between the fastest human and fastest robot is now 2.33 m/s - down from effectively infinite just 5 years ago.

<!-- SC_OFF --><div class="md"><p>This isn't a &quot;robots are coming&quot; hot take. This is a data point worth sitting with.</p> <p>Five years ago no bipedal robot could

OPINION · WHEN · ArtificialInteligenceOPEN STORY
10 Sept
EXCLUSIVE: After outrunning Bolt, China's robot champion races towards real-world work reut.rs/4gLnkiN

EXCLUSIVE: After outrunning Bolt, China's robot champion races towards real-world work reut.rs/4gLnkiN

OPINION · WHERE · ReutersOPEN STORY
22 Aug
9.3 seconds…Humanoid robots now run faster than humans

<table> <tr><td> <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/singularity/comments/1vvhlfi/93_secondshumanoid_robots_now_run_faster_than/"> <img alt="9.3 seconds…Humanoid robots now run

OPINION · WHAT · singularityOPEN STORY
20 Apr
Robot runner handily beats humans in half-marathon, setting new record

A humanoid robot's record half-marathon run shows China's speed in robotics.

REPORT · WHERE · Ars TechnicaOPEN STORY
11 Apr
Unitree makes a humanoid that runs at 10m/s (Bolt runs at 12.42 m/s)

<table> <tr><td> <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/singularity/comments/1siiarz/unitree_makes_a_humanoid_that_runs_at_10ms_bolt/"> <img alt="Unitree makes a humanoid that runs at

OPINION · WHAT · singularityOPEN STORY
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