Beijing hosted what’s being called the world’s first humanoid half-marathon—a footrace that pitted human runners against ...

Despite lost limbs, overheating, and a crash or two, a few of the 20 robots competing in China over the weekend did quite ...

It looks like humanoid robots have a long way to go before catching up with human runners. Beijing’s E-Town tech hub hosted ...

On Saturday, April 19, humanoid robots were put to the test as they participated in a half-marathon alongside thousands of ...

“Running is a very basic ability of human beings,” said Tang Jian, chief technology officer of the Beijing Humanoid Robot Innovation Center, as quoted by The Wall Street Journal. “Since we ...

In one small step for robot-kind — thousands of them, really — humanoid robots ran alongside actual humans in a half-marathon ...