There has been a lot of talk about a fully autonomous robot that broke a human world record during a half marathon in China.

A Honor robot took part in the 2026 Beijing E-Town Half-Marathon and finished in 50 minutes and 26 seconds, significantly ...

A humanoid robot recently made headlines around the world for running a half-marathon and beating the human world record. Around the same time, an AI-powered robot defeated an elite human player in ...

A self-navigating robot called Lightning, developed by Chinese electronics company Honor, won the 13.1-mile race. Its results ...

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

A humanoid robot that won a half-marathon race for robots in Beijing on Sunday ran faster than the human world record in a ...

China's humanoid robot race got a lot more serious this year. The winning machine didn't just improve on last year — it ...

China once again staged a half-marathon for humanoid robots. It delivered a record — and plenty of chaos. A robot from ...

China’s humanoid robot half marathon showed real gains in speed and autonomy, even if the race still revealed clear technical limits.

Our race is run. A Chinese-built robot comfortably beat the human half-marathon world record Sunday during an annual race in ...

A world half-marathon record was broken at a race in China this weekend. But the winner wasn't an Olympian or even a ...

Some robots ran the Beijing half-marathon autonomously, while others were controlled remotely, all competing on a parallel ...