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Unitree makes a humanoid that runs at 10m/s (Bolt runs at 12.42 m/s)

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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
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
15 Apr
Unitree claims to internally do a half marathon in a little over 50 minutes preparing for the humanoid marathon in 4 days (average speed: <7.0325m/s). The Human best is Jacob Kiplimo 57m30s (average speed: 6.115m/s)

<table> <tr><td> <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/singularity/comments/1sm1otr/unitree_claims_to_internally_do_a_half_marathon/"> <img alt="Unitree claims to internally do a half

OPINION · WHAT · singularityOPEN 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
10 Sept
Exclusive: TianGong Ultra stunned spectators at the World Humanoid Robot Games when it covered 100 meters in 8.64 seconds, almost a full second faster than Usain Bolt's world record. A week after his

Exclusive: TianGong Ultra stunned spectators at the World Humanoid Robot Games when it covered 100 meters in 8.64 seconds, almost a full second faster than Usain Bolt's world

OPINION · WHEN · ReutersOPEN STORY
1 Apr
The Physical AI race is ON, Agile Robotics humanoid robots in Germany are catching up in running performance

<table> <tr><td> <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/singularity/comments/1s9p9pe/the_physical_ai_race_is_on_agile_robotics/"> <img alt="The Physical AI race is ON, Agile Robotics

OPINION · WHAT · singularityOPEN STORY
2 Apr
Generalist | Introducing GEN-1

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