At the Beijing half-marathon, several humanoid robots beat human winners by 10+ minutes; a robot made by Honor beat the human world record held by Jacob Kiplimo (Reuters)
Humanoid robots competed in the Beijing half-marathon and reportedly beat the human world record holder by 10+ minutes, with a robot made by Honor leading the field, demonstrating significant advances in robot endurance and locomotion.
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<a href="https://www.reuters.com/sports/humanoid-robots-race-past-humans-beijing-half-marathon-showing-rapid-advances-2026-04-19/"><img align="RIGHT" border="0" hspace="4" src="http://www.techmeme.com/260419/i4.jpg" vspace="4" /></a>
<p><a href="http://www.techmeme.com/260419/p4#a260419p4" title="Techmeme permalink"><img height="12" src="http://www.techmeme.com/img/pml.png" style="border: none; padding: 0; margin: 0;" width="11" /></a> <a href="http://www.reuters.com/">Reuters</a>:<br />
<span style="font-size: 1.3em;"><b><a href="https://www.reuters.com/sports/humanoid-robots-race-past-humans-beijing-half-marathon-showing-rapid-advances-2026-04-19/">At the Beijing half-marathon, several humanoid robots beat human winners by 10+ minutes; a robot made by Honor beat the human world record held by Jacob Kiplimo</a></b></span> — Dozens of Chinese-made humanoid robots showed off their fast-improving athleticism and autonomous navigation skills … </p>
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