A humanoid robot named Lightning set a record and finished a half-marathon in Beijing in just 50 minutes and 26 seconds on Sunday, according to Chinese media. The fastest human to ever run that distance took… Grouped from 11 articles across 8 sources.
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A humanoid robot named Lightning set a record and finished a half-marathon in Beijing in just 50 minutes and 26 seconds on Sunday, according to Chinese media. The fastest human to ever run that distance took approximately 57 minutes. Dozens of robots took part in the race, which was separate from human runners.
Some robots ran the Beijing half-marathon autonomously, while others were controlled remotely, all competing on a parallel course to avoid collisions with human athletes.
The humans were left far behind as smartphone maker Honor's humanoid robot shattered the men's world record in China.
The winner from a Chinese smartphone maker reportedly completed the 21-kilometre race in 50 minutes and 26 seconds.
A humanoid robot has won a half-marathon race for robots in Beijing, running faster than the human record
Humanoid robots raced alongside humans in a half-marathon in Beijing.
The bipedal humanoid, developed by smartphone maker Honor, blazed through the 13-mile race in just 50 minutes and 26 seconds, surpassing the human world record for a half-marathon.
It was not even close as a bright-red Chinese humanoid named “Lightning” lived up to its name in a half-marathon pitting humans against robots, smoking its competition on Sunday.
For the first time, humanoid robots have outclassed humans in a half-marathon held in Beijing. The winner beat the men's record for the distance set by Uganda’s Jacob Kiplimo in March.
Winning robot runs faster time than Jacob Kiplimo’s world record More than 100 robots run in parallel tracks to avoid collisions with humans They can already carry the shopping, cook and clean. Now they can run and win half marathons. In perhaps the most unusual spectacle ever seen at the end of the 13.1-mile (21.1km) race, robots flew over the finish line ahead of the humans for the first time in Beijing on Sunday. And there wasn’t a bead of sweat in sight. Continue reading...
Robots competed in a half marathon race in Beijing on Sunday, with the winning machine leaving its human rivals for dust.
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