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AMERICANALMANAC (Alan Benson) - Chinese robots outrun Usain Bolt's record at Beijing's humanoid games — as U.S. scrambles to restrict the technology

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

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AXIOS (Colin Demarest) - Canada, like Europe, seeks to break U.S. defense dependency

Canada's first-ever defense-industrial strategy, published this month, suggests it, like Europe , can no longer count on the U.S. to be a security backstop, economically or militarily. - "Long-held assumptions have been upended — about the end of imperial conquest, the durability of peace in Europe, and the resilience of old alliances," the plan reads. - "In this uncertain world, it is more important than ever that Canada possess the capacity to sustain its own defense and safeguard its own sovereignty." Why it matters: It's a major break for Canada, which has not taken President Trump's 51st state remarks lightly. - Canadians today view the U.S. as more of a risk than a partner, according to a Globe and Mail poll conducted by Nanos…

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