An autonomous robot from the company Honor ran a half marathon in 50:26, beating the human record by 7 minutes.

China once again staged a half-marathon for humanoid robots. It delivered a record — and plenty of chaos. A robot from Chinese smartphone and gadget maker Honor clocked 50 minutes and 26 seconds at ...

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 ...

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 ...

They were trailing behind their human rivals a year ago. But on Sunday, an android outpaced the entire field to run a half-marathon faster than even the quickest human. Lightning, a running robot ...

The winner ran the half-marathon in 50 minutes and 26 seconds. Kevin Frayer / Stringer via Getty Images On April 19, thousands of athletes ran alongside more than 100 humanoid robots in the 2026 ...

The robot that won the humanoid half-marathon this month finished in 50 minutes and 26 seconds, a major improvement compared to the droid that won in two hours, 40 minutes and 42 seconds in 2025 Lexi ...

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

BEIJING — It was not even close as a bright red Chinese humanoid named “Lightning” lived up to its name in a half-marathon pitting humans against robots, smoking its competition on Sunday ...

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 ...

A robot in China outran the human half-marathon record, though tumbles and chaos stole part of the spotlight.