Dozens of Chinese-made humanoid robots showed off their fast-improving athleticism and autonomous navigation skills as they whizzed past human runners in a half-marathon race in Beijing on Sunday, hig...

A humanoid robot broke the half-marathon world record while competing against thousands of human runners.

Lighting, which weighs 45kg, won despite crashing into a barricade and tripping over during its final stretch, according to the state-run China Daily.