Moments later, a humanoid robot named Lightning crossed the finish line in 50 minutes and 26 seconds, faster than the human ...

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

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Some robots ran the Beijing half-marathon autonomously, while others were controlled remotely, all competing on a parallel ...

Humanoid robots outran the fastest human competitors while surpassing the human world record during a half-marathon event ...

On April 19, 2026, in Beijing, China, @Lālālālāla shared a video of a humanoid robot running during the Beijing E-Town ...

An autonomous robot from the company Honor ran a half marathon in 50:26, beating the human record by 7 minutes.

BEIJING — It was not even close as a bright red Chinese humanoid named “Lightning” lived up to its name in a half-marathon ...

A robot starts off for the Beijing E-Town Half Marathon and Humanoid Half Marathon on the outskirts of Beijing on Sunday.

The record was originally held by Jacob Kiplimo of Uganda ...

Honor's Lightning robot ran 21.1km in just 50 minutes, smashing the human half-marathon record by nearly 7 minutes. The ...