A humanoid robot competing in the weightlifting final at China's World Humanoid Robot Games collapsed head first onto a judges' table after failing to lift a weight, a moment that undercut Beijing's ambitious push to dominate the global robotics race. The black and white robot gripped the weight, quivered, and managed to hoist it above […] The post Weightlifting robot topples onto judges' table at China's cyborg Olympics, gets hauled off on a stretcher appeared first on American Almanac .
A humanoid robot competing in the weightlifting final at China's World Humanoid Robot Games collapsed head first onto a judges' table after failing to lift a weight, a moment that undercut Beijing's ambitious push to dominate the global robotics race. The black and white robot gripped the weight, quivered, and managed to hoist it above its head before the shaking worsened. It dropped the weight, malfunctioned, stumbled toward the judges' table, and collapsed directly onto it. Officials immediately halted the competition and declared the attempt over. Staff in red vests placed the robot on a stretcher and escorted it off the floor, the Daily Mail reported . No cause of the malfunction was given. No injuries to judges or staff were…Open
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 Beijing-based robotics firm claims its humanoid machine sprinted 100 meters in 9.39 seconds at China's World Humanoid Robot Games, shattering Usain Bolt's record while Washington moves to ban Chinese robot imports on national security grounds. The robot, built by a company called X-Humanoid, crossed the finish line on Saturday, August 22, 2026, at the […] The post Chinese robot outruns Usain Bolt's 100-meter record at Beijing's humanoid games appeared first on American Almanac .
A Beijing-based robotics firm claims its humanoid machine sprinted 100 meters in 9.39 seconds at China's World Humanoid Robot Games, shattering Usain Bolt's record while Washington moves to ban Chinese robot imports on national security grounds. The robot, built by a company called X-Humanoid, crossed the finish line on Saturday, August 22, 2026, at the opening day of the games in Beijing. Bolt's record of 9.58 seconds, set in 2009, had stood for 17 years. A second X-Humanoid machine cleared 2.88 meters in the standing high jump at the same event, topping Cuban athlete Javier Sotomayor's 1993 mark of 2.45 meters by more than a foot. Organizers said more than 2,000 humanoid robots are competing in the games, now in their second year. The…Open
A humanoid robot beat Usain Bolt's 100-meter race record at the World Humanoid Robot Games in Beijing on Saturday. CNN’s Mike Valerio reports from the games as robots go head-to-head in different sports across five days. #CNN #News
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
Blockbuster market debuts by two technology companies show how Beijing is turning to local investors to finance its A.I. ambitions and reduce reliance on Wall Street.
Unitree has unveiled a new "Superman" robot that can jump over 6.5 feet vertically. David Muir, who interviewed the company in May, reports on the race to lead in AI.
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
