A humanoid robot runs among human participants during a half marathon event in Beijing, captured by staff photographer Han ...

Lightning, one of more than 100 robots running the Beijing E-Town, avoided a serious mishap and crossed the finish line in a record 50 minutes, 26 seconds.

On the morning of April 19, 2026, a bipedal humanoid robot built by Chinese tech company Honor crossed the finish line of a half-marathon in Beijing’s Economic-Technological Development Area, known as ...

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 ...

Twenty-one humanoid robots joined thousands of runners at the Yizhuang half-marathon in Beijing on Saturday, the first time these machines have raced alongside humans over a 21-km (13-mile) course.

If you’ve run a marathon in China recently you may have noticed that some of your competitors running styles are among the more unusual you’ve seen. First of all, they’ve got an extra pair of legs.

This is what baffles me about Tesla's valuation/stock price: They do not have the most advanced humanoid robot. They do not have the most advanced driverless taxi service. Yet they are valued as if ...

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 ...