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 Lightning just crushed the human world record time for running a half marathon,

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

Chinese robots achieve 22 MPH speeds matching Olympic sprinters, with Unitree's H1 humanoid completing 100-meter dashes in 10 seconds flat.

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