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

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.

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 ...

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

'Didn't humans invent the wheel precisely so machines could run faster?' ...

THIS is the shocking moment a marathon-running robot smashed into pieces after tripping – before being dramatically carried away on a stretcher by a medical crew. The mechanical runner ...

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 ...

Robots competed in a half marathon race in Beijing on Sunday, with the winning machine leaving its human rivals for dust.

The feat occurred at an even in Beijing that pitted robots against human runners. The humanoid robotics market is on the rise and could reach 1 billion machines by 2050. A 5′ 5″ bipedal robot named ...

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.