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Robot Runner Handily Beats Humans in Half-Marathon, Setting New Record
Honor’s newcomer robot beat better-known rivals, highlighting China’s push to make humanoid systems robust enough for long-duration tasks.
- A Chinese humanoid robot recently set a half-marathon world record, outperforming established companies like Unitree Robotics in a breakthrough that stands out within China's fast-growing robotics industry.
- Engineering efforts shifted this year toward systems robust enough for long-duration races, with robotics researcher Alan Fern of Oregon State University telling the New York Times that companies prioritized endurance over 10 meters per second sprint speeds.
- Stanford University's 2026 AI Index Report cautioned that "strongest signals came from early stage industrial pilot projects and manufacturing-scale ambitions rather than widespread deployment." Robots are not "taking away" records achieved by human athletes.
- Established players like Boston Dynamics and Agility Robotics now compete against Elon Musk's Tesla, which is shifting focus from electric cars to developing the Optimus humanoid robot for industrial deployment.
- The race to prove humanoid robots are useful and cost-effective remains a marathon, not a sprint, while Honor continues expanding into the sector, revealing how rapidly the landscape is evolving.
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Chinese humanoid robot breaks half-marathon world record; others epically fail
A Chinese humanoid robot named Flash broke the half-marathon world record in Beijing on Sunday, April 19, coming in a whole six minutes faster than the human record previously held. Video posted on X by TAKASU Masakazu (@tks) shows Flash, a bright red humanoid robot, running down a track in the city's E-Town area. Flash [...]
Robot runner handily beats humans in half-marathon, setting new record
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 and autonomy comes as China’s tech industry is rapidly scaling up mass production of humanoid robots to explore possible uses in the real world. The fastest robot from Chinese smartphone-maker Honor notched a winning time of 50 minutes and 26 secon…
A robot by Honor broke the world record, finishing at 50 minutes and 26 seconds
A robot developed by Chinese smartphone maker Honor just broke the world record for the fastest half-marathon finish time at the Beijing E-Town competition. The Beijing long-touted robots vs. humans half-marathon was held last Sunday, and there was a significant leap in the performance of the robots from the year before. “The robots’ speed far exceeds that of humans,” one spectator, Wang Wen, said. The winning robot by Honor completed the race …
Humanoid robot in China beats the human half-marathon world record
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