Humanoid Breaks Usain Bolt's 100m Time — and Other Human Records — at Beijing Robot Games
The robot also won a half-marathon in 50 minutes 26 seconds, underscoring China’s push to commercialize humanoid machines.
- On Saturday, Honor's humanoid robot Lightning ran 100 meters in 9.32 seconds during a preparatory test for the World Humanoid Robot Games in Beijing, surpassing Usain Bolt's 9.58-second world record.
- Researchers lengthened Lightning's legs by 10 cm to 1.05 meters ahead of the World Humanoid Robot Games to optimize stride, China Central Television reported.
- In April, Lightning won the 21-kilometer Beijing half marathon in 50 minutes and 26 seconds, outpacing elite human runners, while reaching a peak speed of 14.5 meters per second.
- With over 2,000 robots from 16 countries competing at the National Speed Skating Oval, China is championing humanoid robotics as a strategic emerging industry.
- Although these robots are evolving rapidly, experts note they remain largely used for research and demonstrations, as mass real-world deployment in manufacturing and logistics remains the industry's primary challenge.
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The world record of the famous Usain Bolt in the 100 meters has been broken. But be careful. It happened at the Humanoid Robot Games in Beijing, where one of the robots, with a time of 9.39 seconds, surpassed the world record of Usain Bolt, who is considered the fastest man of all time. The high jump record, held by Cuban Javier Sotomayor, also fell. More than two thousand robots are competing in disciplines that were previously reserved for hum…
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