A Chinese Robot Beat Usain Bolt’s 100-Meter Record. Should We Be Impressed?

China’s humanoid robots are achieving superhuman feats of athleticism. But how that translates into the real world is still ...
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Here’s what humanoid robots racing in Beijing mean for the future of work

A Chinese humanoid robot called Tiangong Ultra completed the 100-metre sprint in 8.86 seconds at the World Humanoid Robot ...

Humanoid robot outruns Usain Bolt record as China races ahead

X-Humanoid's TianGong Ultra ran 100 meters in 9.32 seconds at Beijing's World Humanoid Robot Games, beating last year's ...

Faster than Usain Bolt: The five-day robot Olympics putting humanoid autonomy to the test

On Saturday, two robots ran faster than Usain Bolt's 9.58-second world record in the 100-meter sprint. That was a sharp ...

Explainer-What is Unitree and why are China’s humanoid robot makers racing to list?

By Eduardo Baptista BEIJING, Aug 11 (Reuters) - Chinese robot maker Unitree has priced its Shanghai initial public offering at 150.80 yuan per share, seeking to raise 6.1 billion yuan ($904 million) ...

It beat Usain Bolt by 100 metres, then crashed. Why China’s robot record is both amazing and flawed

China’s humanoid machines are setting astonishing athletic records, but turning those stunts into useful real-world skills ...

Chinese robot sprints 100m faster than Usain Bolt: Why teaching robots to run matters

A Chinese humanoid robot has just done something that sounds both remarkable and faintly absurd: it ran 100 metres faster ...

Chinese humanoid robot Tiangong breaks 100m record again with 8.86-second sprint at World Humanoid Robot Games

Chinese Tiangong humanoid robot competes in the 100-meter semifinal at the 2nd World Humanoid Robot Games on Tuesday. It set ...