Humanoid robots outrun everyone in Beijing half-marathon, beats world-record time
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A Chinese technology company proved that if the robots do rise up against us, we're probably not going to be able to outrun them.
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A humanoid robot developed by Chinese smartphone maker Honor beat the human half-marathon world record in Beijing, finishing in 50 minutes and 26 seconds.
BEIJING — A humanoid robot that won a half-marathon race for robots in Beijing on Sunday ran faster than the human world record in a show of China's technological leaps. The winner from Honor, a
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 finish line.
Chinese-made humanoid robots outpaced human runners in a Beijing half-marathon, with the winning robot, from smartphone brand Honor, beating the world record set by Ugandan Jacob Kiplimo in Lisbon.
BEIJING >> Dozens of Chinese-made humanoid robots showed off their fast-improving athleticism and autonomous navigation skills as they whizzed past human runners in a half-marathon race in Beijing on Sunday, highlighting the sector’s rapid technical advances.
On Sunday, a robot called Lightning, made by Honor, a Chinese smartphone maker, won a half marathon in Beijing in just 50 min, 26 sec. That’s several minutes faster than the human world record-holder, Uganda’s Jacob Kiplimo, who finished the same distance in 57 min, 20 sec, earlier this year in Lisb…
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.
