Robots Have Smashed Human World Records for the 100m Sprint and High Jump at China’s ‘Robot Olympics’ — but the Biggest Hurdle Is Stopping Safely
Tiangong Ultra beat the previous mark by 0.08 seconds as robots in 51 events also struggled to stop safely.
- On Saturday, the Tiangong Ultra humanoid robot set a new 100-meter record of 9.39 seconds during the second annual World Humanoid Robot Games in Beijing, outpacing human sprinter Usain Bolt's 9.58-second mark.
- Rapid technological growth is evident as robots compete across 51 disciplines, including tennis and kickboxing; performance has improved significantly since last year's inaugural event, where the Tiangong Ultra finished in 21.5 seconds.
- As reported by the Associated Press, a humanoid robot reached 2.88 meters in the high jump, surpassing Javier Sotomayor's 2.45-meter human record, while Honor's Lightning robot completed the sprint in 9.47 seconds.
- Managing high-speed energy dissipation remains a significant engineering challenge, as Unitree humanoid robots often struggle to brake and frequently crash into safety barriers during runs, testing the limits of current robot AIs.
- Researchers are currently focusing on practical trials in industrial production, logistics, and hospitality to refine capabilities beyond sporting environments; despite impressive athletic feats, these robots are not yet ready for commercial use.
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Robots have smashed human world records for the 100m sprint and high jump at China’s ‘robot Olympics’ — but the biggest hurdle is stopping safely
The 2026 World Humanoid Robot Games are happening this weekRobots are performing better than ever across 51 eventsStopping a sprinting robot remains a major engineering challengeThe World Humanoid Robot Games are underway in Beijing, China, and records set by flesh and blood humans are tumbling: these bots have now beaten our best efforts at the 100-meter sprint and the high jump.As the Associated Press reports, the robot record for the 100 mete…
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Usain Bolt’s 100-meter dash record of 9.58 was shattered on Saturday by a similarly-named Chinese humanoid robot. The record was set in 2009 and remains an inspiring […]
Robots have moved into the athletics arenas and Usain Bolt had to watch out. At the World Humanoid Robot Games in Beijing, humanoid robots ran faster than human world records. Now they just have to learn to stop.
A Chinese humanoid robot traveled 100 meters in 9.39 seconds, in a preliminary series of World Games of Humanoid Robots, held on Saturday in Beijing, surpassing the male world record held by the great Jamaican sprinter Usain Bolt.
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