Some robots ran the Beijing half-marathon autonomously, while others were controlled remotely, all competing on a parallel course to avoid collisions with human athletes.

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 ...

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 ...

On August 16, 2025, a humanoid robot tackled an obstacle course at the World Humanoid Robot Games. Footage showed the machine sprinting, climbing steps, and balancing on beams at Beijing's track. The ...

On April 19, 2026, in Beijing, China, @Lālālālāla shared a video of a humanoid robot running during the Beijing E-Town Humanoid Robot Half Marathon. In the video, the robot, decorated with rabbit ears ...

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

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 ...

A humanoid robot named Flash stunned the sporting world by completing the 2026 Beijing E‑Town half‑marathon and outpacing a human-set world record. The robot completed the 21‑km course in 50 minutes ...

Moments later, a humanoid robot named Lightning crossed the finish line in 50 minutes and 26 seconds, faster than the human world record holder, Uganda's Jacob Kiplimo, who finished the same distance ...

The winning robot ran the half marathon nearly seven minutes faster than the current human record set by Jacob Kiplimo.