A humanoid robot aptly named Lightning made history on the streets of Beijing over the weekend, beating the human half-marathon world record by several minutes. Dozens of robots lined up for the ...

A Chinese-built robot comfortably beat the human half-marathon world record Sunday during an annual race in Beijing — although several other humanoid participants malfunctioned and fell around the ...

The winning runner at a Beijing half-marathon for humanoid robots finished the race today in 50 minutes and 26 seconds — significantly faster than the human world record of 57 minutes recently set by ...

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Smartphone maker Honor's humanoid robot beat human world record. China hopes humanoid robots will transform the manufacturing industry. Technical advances highlight China's dominance in humanoid ...

A robot built by Sony has defeated elite human table tennis players in a breakthrough that researchers say could signal a new era for artificial intelligence and robotics in fast-paced physical tasks.

Humanoid robots are Silicon Valley’s latest obsession, but real-world performance has lagged the hype. That may be starting to change, however, after a robot beat the human record for a half marathon ...

Image Credit: Ng Han Guan / AP News. A humanoid robot just outran the fastest human half-marathon time ever recorded, and it did it in Beijing on a Sunday morning like it was out for a casual jog. The ...

The era of us laughing at humanoids playing sport may now be behind us – for the most part – as a field of robots competing in a half marathon in Beijing demonstrated how frighteningly fast the ...