Humanoid robots built by Chinese firms shattered human world records in the 100-meter sprint and high jump at the World Humanoid Robot Games in Beijing, a display of rapid technological progress that lands weeks after Washington moved to ban imports of foreign-made humanoid robots on national security grounds. A robot built by Beijing-based X-Humanoid crossed […] The post Chinese robots outrun Usain Bolt's record at Beijing's humanoid games — as U.S. scrambles to restrict the technology appeared first on American Almanac .
Humanoid robots built by Chinese firms shattered human world records in the 100-meter sprint and high jump at the World Humanoid Robot Games in Beijing, a display of rapid technological progress that lands weeks after Washington moved to ban imports of foreign-made humanoid robots on national security grounds. A robot built by Beijing-based X-Humanoid crossed the 100-meter finish line in 9.39 seconds on Saturday, beating Usain Bolt's 2009 world record of 9.58 seconds. Another X-Humanoid machine cleared 2.88 meters in the standing high jump, nearly half a meter above Javier Sotomayor's 1993 human record of 2.45 meters. Just a year ago, at the first edition of these games, the best a humanoid robot could manage in the standing high jump was…Open
China’s humanoid robots are achieving superhuman feats of athleticism. But how that translates into the real world is still an open question, experts said.
A Chinese robotics company says its new humanoid prototype hit 28.3 mph on a test track, a speed that would top Usain Bolt's world record, though the claim remains unverified and the firm's robots have already injured people. Hangzhou-based Unitree posted video to X showing a bipedal machine it calls "Superman" sprinting along a track […] The post China's 'Superman' robot claims to outrun Usain Bolt — but nobody has verified it appeared first on American Almanac .
A Chinese robotics company says its new humanoid prototype hit 28.3 mph on a test track, a speed that would top Usain Bolt's world record, though the claim remains unverified and the firm's robots have already injured people. Hangzhou-based Unitree posted video to X showing a bipedal machine it calls "Superman" sprinting along a track at what the company says was 12.66 metres per second. If accurate, that figure edges past the 12.42 m/s mark Bolt set at the 2009 World Athletics Championship, a record no human has touched since. The robot also jumped roughly two metres straight up from a standing position, clearing the 1.7-metre standing vertical record held by American Christopher Spell since 2021. Unitree packaged the demonstration as a…Open
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Two humanoid robots built by the Chinese have completed a half marathon in 48 minutes and 19 seconds and 50 minutes and 26 seconds. Both robots surpassed the human world record of 57 minutes and 20 seconds set by Ugandan long-distance runner and four-time World Cross Country Champion Jacob Kiplimo earlier this year.
Two robots developed by a Chinese tech company have crushed a human world record for long-distance running at Beijing’s second robot marathon, with another Chinese robot recently coming within a hair of breaking Usain Bolt’s average speed in his world record 100-meter run in 2009. PULSE POINTS WHAT HAPPENED: - Built by Honor, a Chinese electronics manufacturer, the new records were set during Beijing’s second annual humanoid robot marathon on Sunday, highlighting the swift progress in China’s robotics industry over the last 12 months. DETAIL: Sunday’s second annual humanoid robot marathon showcased two robots from e lectronics manufacturer Honor, a Chinese state-owned enterprise and former subsidiary of Huawei. One of the…Open
