Humanoid Robot Beats Usain Bolt Record (Then Catches Fire)
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Humanoid robots can sprint and box – but the real test is doing the laundry - Stuff South Africa
At the recent World Humanoid Robot Games 2026 in Beijing, robots sprinted, boxed, played football and tackled tasks inspired by factories, restaurants and emergency situations. The robot Tiangong Ultra even completed the 100 metres in 8.64 seconds, quicker than Usain Bolt’s 9.58-second world record. But if we really want to know whether humanoid robots are ready for [...]
Humanoid robots can sprint and box – but the real test is doing the laundry
Wai-keung Fung, Senior Lecturer in Electronics Robotics & Control Engineering, Cardiff Metropolitan University At the recent World Humanoid Robot Games 2026 in Beijing, robots sprinted, boxed, played football and tackled tasks inspired by factories, restaurants and emergency situations. The robot Tiangong Ultra even completed the 100 metres in 8.64 seconds, quicker than Usain Bolt’s 9.58-second […]
Humanoid Robot Beats Usain Bolt Record (Then Catches Fire)
At the World Humanoid Robot Games in Beijing, the Tiangong Ultra robot just beat Usain Bolt's 100m world record with a jaw-dropping 9.39-second dash! But between the broken records and a robot bursting into flames, the reality of AI is wilder than fiction. The event featured 2,056 humanoid robots
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