Smithsonian Magazine
A Humanoid Robot Just Beat the Human World Record for the Fastest Half-Marathon During a Race in China
The winner ran the half-marathon in 50 minutes and 26 seconds. Kevin Frayer / Stringer via Getty Images On April 19, thousands of athletes ran alongside more than 100 humanoid robots in the 2026 ...
Chinese Robot Beats the Human Half-Marathon World Record and It Is Not Even Close
A humanoid robot from Chinese smartphone company Honor ran a half-marathon in Beijing faster than the human world record, completing 21 kilometers in just over 50 minutes and signaling a new era in ...
Robot Easily Beats Human Record at Beijing Half Marathon
The record was originally held by Jacob Kiplimo of Uganda ...
In a race between humans and robots, machines take the victory in a sign of advancements
BEIJING — It was not even close as a bright red Chinese humanoid named “Lightning” lived up to its name in a half-marathon pitting humans against robots, smoking its competition on Sunday ...
Scientific American
A robot ran a half marathon faster than a human. Here’s why folding laundry is still harder
A premapped course, a crew of handlers and a world-beating time: here’s what this Beijing half marathon reveals about how far humanoid robots have come—and how far they haven’t ...
A Humanoid Robot Set a Half-Marathon Record in China
An autonomous robot from the company Honor ran a half marathon in 50:26, beating the human record by 7 minutes.
Chinese robot beats human best time in half-marathon, after a stumble
Tech companies make progress in fixing humanoid runners’ malfunctions.
Beijing’s Humanoid Robot Marathon: What It Means For Robots ... And Us
Last year at the Humanoid Robot Half-Marathon in Beijing the winning robot stumbled across the finish line in 2 hours and 40 minutes; much slower than a human. This past week, a C ...
A humanoid robot just beat the human half-marathon record by seven minutes, and the scariest part is how fast the gap is closing
A humanoid robot just shattered the human half-marathon world record. Discover how this tech leap impacts the future and the ...
Humanoid robot beats human half-marathon world record in Beijing
Some robots ran the Beijing half-marathon autonomously, while others were controlled remotely, all competing on a parallel course to avoid collisions with human athletes.