2,000 Humanoid Robots Take Part in Robot Olympics
The robot’s 9.32-second sprint beat Usain Bolt’s 100-meter mark as more than 2,000 humanoid robots competed in track and field events.
- On Saturday, the Beijing Humanoid Robot Innovation Center's Tien Kung Ultra robot finished the 100-meter heat in 9.32 seconds, breaking Usain Bolt's 2009 world record of 9.58 seconds.
- The record-breaking performances occurred at the Second World Humanoid Robot Games, which opened Saturday in Beijing for a five-day run featuring more than 2,000 humanoid robots from over 660 teams.
- Shota Takizawa, a GMO Internet Group senior research engineer, told reporters the company "does not aim to develop robots specialised in races, but plans to utilize know-how" for practical future applications.
- Chinese firms maintained roughly 90% of global humanoid sales in 2025, while Tesla ranked ninth globally as of January 2026 with only about 150 units shipped.
- The FCC banned new authorizations for foreign-made humanoid robots on July 28, 2026, citing national-security risks, complicating developer plans for broader market integration by roughly 2030.
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