BEIJING, CHINA - Media OutReach Newswire - 14 April 2026 - The 2026 Beijing E-Town Half-Marathon and Humanoid Robot ...

China's humanoid robot race got a lot more serious this year. The winning machine didn't just improve on last year — it smashed the human record completely.

A humanoid robot named Lightning set a record for the fastest half-marathon at the 2026 Beijing E-Town event Sunday in Beijing. (Wang Liangyuan / VCG via ) Slide over, Jacob Kiplimo. The world's ...

"Flash", a robot developed by Chinese smartphone maker Honor, won the 2026 Beijing E-Town Half Marathon and Humanoid Robot Half Marathon, taking 50 minutes and 26 seconds to finish the 21-kilometer ...

BEIJING — 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 ...

THIS is the shocking moment a marathon-running robot smashed into pieces after tripping – before being dramatically carried away on a stretcher by a medical crew. The mechanical runner ...

Chinese robotics startup Unitree Robotics released a video on Saturday showing its H1 robot reached a sprint speed of up to ...

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If you thought AI was all about intelligence and not about muscle, think again. AI-powered robots just ran half marathon in China and the results show that the machines are not poised to defeat humans ...

A humanoid robot ran a half marathon in under 51 minutes, showing major gains in speed and endurance while revealing limits ...