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A Humanoid Robot Just Beat the Human World Record for the Fastest Half-Marathon During a Race in China

A self-navigating robot called Lightning, developed by Chinese electronics company Honor, won the 13.1-mile race. Its results ...

In a race between humans and robots, machines take the victory in a sign of advancements

BEIJING — It was not even close as a bright red Chinese humanoid named “Lightning” lived up to its name in a half-marathon pitting humans against robots, smoking its competition on Sunday ...
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HONOR Robot Beats Human Runners And Smashes Half-Marathon World Record

The droid named Lightning finished the 21km race in just over 50 minutes, beating the human record by seven minutes on 19 April. Developed by smartphone giant HONOR, the android smashed the previous ...
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Honor's Robot Smashes Human Record at World's Second Half-Marathon for Androids

Tiangong Ultra, developed by the Beijing Humanoid Robot Innovation Center, also known as X-Humanoid, won last year's inaugural half-marathon with a time of two hours, 40 minutes, and 42 seconds, ...