Humanoid robot wins Beijing half-marathon, defeating the human world record
Summary
A humanoid robot created by Chinese company Honor won a half-marathon race in Beijing, finishing faster than the human world record for the same distance. The robot completed the 21-kilometer race in 50 minutes and 26 seconds, showing major progress in China's robot technology.Key Facts
- The robot ran the half-marathon in 50 minutes and 26 seconds, beating Uganda's human world record of about 57 minutes.
- The robot race was part of the Beijing E-Town Half Marathon and Humanoid Robot Half Marathon event.
- Last year's winning robot took more than 2 hours and 40 minutes to finish the same race distance.
- The robot has long legs around 95 cm (37 inches) and uses a liquid-cooling system developed by Honor.
- About 40% of the robots ran the course on their own (autonomously), while others were controlled remotely.
- A remotely controlled robot from Honor finished first with a time of 48 minutes and 19 seconds but the autonomous robot was declared the winner under race rules.
- China plans to focus more on developing technology like humanoid robots as part of its national five-year plan for 2026-2030.
- Other Chinese companies like AGIBOT, Unitree Robotics, and UBTech Robotics lead in shipping intelligent robots globally.
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