Humanoid Robot Poised to Break 100-Meter Dash Record: A Leap into the Future of Robotics

Runners have finally completed a sub 2-hour marathon, but another running world record was recently smashed — this time by a humanoid robot. Here's how.

The D1 humanoid robot, built by a smartphone manufacturer, has beaten the human-held world record by around seven minutes.

Robot Shenanigans That Took Over the Chinese Internet

I bet these engineers never imagined they’d be running a marathon while coding on their laptops one day… When did engineering turn into such a physically demanding job? In the inaugural edition of the Beijing robot marathon last year, it was more of a spectacle than a sport. But this year, it became an international talking point. A robot from the Shenzhen-based tech company HONOR set a half-marathon record, beating the human record by a full 7…

Humanoid Robot Poised to Break 100-Meter Dash Record: A Leap into the Future of Robotics

Honor’s Humanoid Robot Triumphs at the 2026 Beijing E-Town Humanoid Robot Half Marathon Lintao Zhang/Getty Images Recently, Sabastian Thor set a new world record with a sub-2 hour marathon. However, he is not the only athlete pushing boundaries. On April 19th, a humanoid robot from Chinese tech giant Honor shattered the human half marathon record. [...] The post Humanoid Robot Poised to Break 100-Meter Dash Record: A Leap into the Future of Robo…