US EditionChina hosts world's first half-marathon race between humans and robots
- Humans outperformed robots in the half-marathon race held in Beijing, with the winning human finishing in one hour and two minutes, while the robot Tiangong Ultra took two hours and forty minutes to complete the race.
- The event featured 21 humanoid robots, with some experiencing difficulties, such as one collapsing at the start and another impacting a barrier.
- Robotics experts noted that while robots demonstrated impressive stability, the event does not showcase their industrial capabilities, as stated by Oregon State University Professor Alan Fern.
- China aims to boost economic growth through investment in robotics, with plans for applying humanoid robots in real-world industrial tasks, according to Tang Jian, Chief Technology Officer at Tiangong's lab.
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Humanoid Robots Run a Chinese Half-Marathon Alongside Human Competitors
BEIJING — In one small step for robot-kind — thousands of them, really — humanoid robots ran alongside actual humans in a half-marathon in the Chinese capital on Saturday. The bipedal robots of various makes and sizes navigated the 21.1-kilometer (13.1-mile) course supported by teams of human navigators, operators, and engineers, in what event organizers say was a first. As a precaution, a divider separated the parallel courses used by the robot…
Humans and humanoid robots race in Beijing's half-marathon in world first
Humans and humanoid robots ran side-by-side for the first time in a 13.1-mile race in Beijing’s Economic-Technological Development Area. However, the robots competed in separate lanes for safety. Robots were aided by human teams and allowed battery swaps and substitutions, highlighting ongoing technical hurdles in endurance, heat management and movement algorithms. Tiangong Ultra won the robot division in 2 hours, 40 minutes and 42 seconds; the …
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No sweat: Humanoid robots run a Chinese half-marathon alongside flesh-and-blood competitors
In one small step for robot-kind — thousands of them, really — humanoid robots ran alongside actual humans in a half-marathon in the Chinese capital.
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