This past week, a Chinese smartphone maker’s humanoid robot ran the entire 21-kilometer, 13-mile course in just 50 minutes and 26 seconds, soundly beating the human world record of 57 minutes and 20 s...

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

Lightning — bright red and designed by Chinese smartphone brand Honor — slammed into a barricade and toppled down the stretch, but the robot helped itself back up with human assistance and propelled i...