On the morning of April 19, 2026, a bipedal humanoid robot built by Chinese tech company Honor crossed the finish line of a half-marathon in Beijing’s Economic-Technological Development Area, known as ...

This impressive athletic performance isn’t magic, it’s motors and gear ratios ...

A humanoid robot named Lightning set a record for the fastest half-marathon at the 2026 Beijing E-Town event Sunday in Beijing. (Wang Liangyuan / VCG via Getty Images) Slide over, Jacob Kiplimo. The ...

Twenty-one humanoid robots joined thousands of runners at the Yizhuang half-marathon in Beijing on Saturday, the first time these machines have raced alongside humans over a 21-km (13-mile) course.

BEIJING (Reuters) - Beijing has postponed a half marathon originally scheduled for Sunday in which humanoid robots will race alongside human runners, a milestone designed to showcase China's advances ...

The biggest new year/spring festival tv special in China, this year, featured a short robot martial arts sequence (including weapons). As it goes on, they also have children join in fairly close to ...

A scene even science fiction has yet to depict—humans and humanoid robots running side by side in a half-marathon — will become reality on April 13 in Beijing E-Town. Every spring, marathons sprout ...

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 ...

Hong Kong's first robot-run convenience store will be operated by Xiao Gai, a humanoid designed to stock shelves and serve ...

This is what baffles me about Tesla's valuation/stock price: They do not have the most advanced humanoid robot. They do not have the most advanced driverless taxi service. Yet they are valued as if ...

The MarketWatch News Department was not involved in the creation of this content. Beijing, China--(Newsfile Corp. - April 9, 2025) - A scene even science fiction has yet to depict--humans and humanoid ...