Beijing, the capital of China, has seen technological advances. Last year, robots competed in a half-marathon but were humiliated in defeat. But this year was different as a single robot stood out ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. An Optimus humanoid exhibited by Tesla at the World Artificial Intelligence Conference in Shanghai, China Monday, July 28, 2025.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The winning robot, from Chinese smartphone manufacturer Honor, accepts media interviews after the Beijing E-Town Humanoid Robot ...

Humanoid robots outran the fastest human competitors while surpassing the human world record during a half-marathon event held in Beijing on April 19. The demonstration of fast-improving robotic speed ...

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Runners take pictures of a humanoid robot in the second Beijing E-Town Half Marathon and Humanoid Robot Half Marathon in Beijing Sunday, April 19, 2026. (Haruna Furuhashi/Pool Photo via AP)(AP/Haruna ...

Humanoid robots will run alongside thousands of humans in a half-marathon through an industrial-technology park in Beijing on April 19. More than 300 robots are expected to start the race this year, ...

Last Sunday, at the Beijing E-Town Half Marathon, a red humanoid robot of a type named Lightning finished the course in 50 minutes and 26 seconds—faster than the human world record. Its long legs were ...

BEIJING (AP) — A humanoid robot that won a half-marathon race for robots in Beijing on Sunday ran faster than the human world record in a show of China's technological leaps. The winner from Honor, a ...