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Beijing’s Humanoid Robot Marathon

Humanoid robot beats human half-marathon world record in Beijing

Some robots ran the Beijing half-marathon autonomously, while others were controlled remotely, all competing on a parallel course to avoid collisions with human athletes.

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Robot named Lightning blows past human runners to set half-marathon record in Beijing

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Humanoid Robot Wins Beijing Half Marathon In New ‘World Record’ Time

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New breed of humanoid robots trained to maintain China’s power grid

Humanoid robots are being trained to carry out maintenance on China’s power grid.

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Humanoid Robot Wins Half-Marathon and Smashes Humans’ Record

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Beijing's robot half-marathon is back for its second year with far less embarassing results

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A humanoid robot sprints to victory in Beijing, beating the human half-marathon world record

The winner from Honor, a Chinese smartphone maker, completed the 21-kilometer (13-mile) race in 50 minutes and 26 seconds, according to a WeChat post by the Beijing Economic-Technological Development ...

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Watch: Runners v robots at China half marathon

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Humanoid robots race past humans in Beijing half-marathon, showing rapid advances

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In a race between humans and robots, machines take the victory in a sign of advancements

BEIJING — It was not even close as a bright red Chinese humanoid named “Lightning” lived up to its name in a half-marathon pitting humans against robots, smoking its competition on Sunday

A race in Beijing just showcased how fast a robot can run

The feat occurred at an even in Beijing that pitted robots against human runners. The humanoid robotics market is on the rise and could reach 1 billion machines by 2050. A 5′ 5″ bipedal robot named Lightning just crushed the human world record time for running a half marathon,