Humanoid robots outran the fastest human competitors while surpassing the human world record during a half-marathon event held in Beijing on April 19. The demonstration of fast-improving robotic speed ...

Robots + long distance sprinting = scary.

The robot that won the humanoid half-marathon this month finished in 50 minutes and 26 seconds, a major improvement compared to the droid that won in two hours, 40 minutes and 42 seconds in 2025 Lexi ...

The machine kicked and flailed about, but it would take a team of humans and a stretcher to get it off the course ...

A humanoid robot runs among human participants during a half marathon event in Beijing, captured by staff photographer Han ...

"Only The Strong Will Survive" In the future, robots are used in sport where players compete against each other to be the ultimate Robot Runner. You must run, jump, flip, boost, climb, transform and ...

'Didn't humans invent the wheel precisely so machines could run faster?' ...

Before the record came a face plant. A minor miscalculation by a runner led to an involuntary amputation ahead of Sunday's ...

On the morning of April 19, 2026, a bipedal humanoid robot built by Chinese tech company Honor crossed the finish line of a half-marathon in Beijing’s Economic-Technological Development Area, known as ...

We already have wheeled robots. Wheels and treads work much better than bipedal limbs, and can be stabilized much easier. Tanks aren't built with legs for a reason ...