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.

A premapped course, a crew of handlers and a world-beating time: here’s what this Beijing half marathon reveals about how far humanoid robots have come—and how far they haven’t ...

Humanoid robots outran the fastest human competitors while surpassing the human world record during a half-marathon event held in Beijing on April 19. The demonstration of fast-improving robotic speed ...

The machine kicked and flailed about, but it would take a team of humans and a stretcher to get it off the course ...

By Laurie Chen BEIJING, April 18 (Reuters) - More than 300 humanoid robots participating in China's second robot half-marathon on Sunday will be facing tougher terrain designed to test their technical ...

Honor's Lightning robot ran 21.1km in just 50 minutes, smashing the human half-marathon record by nearly 7 minutes. The autonomous humanoid averaged 25km/h through Beijing whilst completely ...

On April 19, 2026, in Beijing, China, @Lālālālāla shared a video of a humanoid robot running during the Beijing E-Town Humanoid Robot Half Marathon. In the video, the robot, decorated with rabbit ears ...

Last year at the Humanoid Robot Half-Marathon in Beijing the winning robot stumbled across the finish line in 2 hours and 40 minutes; much slower than a human. This past week, a C ...

A humanoid robot named Flash stunned the sporting world by completing the 2026 Beijing E‑Town half‑marathon and outpacing a human-set world record. The robot completed the 21‑km course in 50 minutes ...

The winning robot ran the half marathon nearly seven minutes faster than the current human record set by Jacob Kiplimo.