Robots Race, Dance & Fight! Beijing Hosts World Humanoid Robot Games
Tianzhuo finished in 9.39 seconds, and the Beijing competition drew 666 teams and 2,056 robots.
- On Saturday, Tianzhuo, developed by the Beijing Innovation Centre of Humanoid Robotics, ran 100m in 9.39 seconds, breaking Usain Bolt's 9.58-second world record set at the 2009 World Championships.
- The World Humanoid Robot Games, an Olympic-like event in Beijing, kicked off Saturday and runs through Aug. 26, featuring 666 teams and 2,056 robots from universities and private companies.
- An X-Humanoid robot hit 2.88 meters in the standing high jump, surpassing the 2.45-meter human record set by Cuba's Javier Sotomayor in 1993, per Associated Press reporters Achmad Ibrahim and Chan Ho-Him.
- Thirty sporting events span the five-day competition, encompassing track and field, dance, wushu, and gymnastics, showcasing the breadth of athletic disciplines robots now compete in.
- The field expanded significantly from 2025, with 666 teams and 2,056 robots now competing compared to more than 280 teams last year, reflecting growing investment in humanoid robotics.
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Robots Race, Dance & Fight! Beijing Hosts World Humanoid Robot Games
Humanoid robots took center stage in Beijing as more than 2,000 robotic athletes competed in the World Humanoid Robot Games. The machines raced, played football, danced and battled in events testing speed, balance and coordination. One Chinese humanoid reportedly clocked 9.39 seconds in a 100-metre heat, faster than Usain Bolt’s 9.58-second human world record, though the conditions were not directly comparable.
A robot hit a man's existing record at the start of a world championship in China in the sprint over 100 meters. The machine came to the finish after 9.39 seconds and was thus 0.19 seconds faster than the Jamaican Usain Bolt.
A robot from China sprints the 100 meters faster than Usain Bolt. However, the running of the machine ends significantly less elegantly than the Sprintstar.
Humanoid robots in China have demonstrated that they can run faster than the fastest people on Earth. Now follow the real test, writes Reuters. Robots can also do packaging and storage operations, while performing reliable precision tasks such as connecting cables, designed to evaluate their ability to...
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