Tech Xplore

Robots can run a marathon and play ping pong. But will they ever achieve true sporting greatness?

A humanoid robot recently made headlines around the world for running a half-marathon and beating the human world record.

A robot that once would have struggled to finish now ran a half-marathon in 50:26, showing how fast humanoid mobility is changing

A humanoid robot clocks 50:26 in a half-marathon, highlighting a fast leap in autonomy, endurance, and real-world performance ...
Earth.com

Robots are now running half marathons close to human speeds

A humanoid robot ran a half marathon in under 51 minutes, showing major gains in speed and endurance while revealing limits ...
Scientific American

A robot ran a half marathon faster than a human. Here’s why folding laundry is still harder

A premapped course, a crew of handlers and a world-beating time: here’s what this Beijing half marathon reveals about how far ...

Robot that zoomed past human marathon runners in Beijing improved 2026 winning time by almost 2 hours

The robot that won the humanoid half-marathon this month finished in 50 minutes and 26 seconds, a major improvement compared ...

Robots beat humans in half marathon

In Beijing, a humanoid robot named Lightning finished a half marathon in 50 minutes and 26 seconds, beating the human world record by nearly 7 minutes.

Robot Easily Beats Human Record at Beijing Half Marathon

The record was originally held by Jacob Kiplimo of Uganda ...
New Atlas

Robot smashes human record in half-marathon – as another self-destructed

The era of us laughing at humanoids playing sport may now be behind us – for the most part – as a field of robots competing in a half marathon in Beijing demonstrated how frighteningly fast the ...