They were trailing behind their human rivals a year ago. But on Sunday, an android outpaced the entire field to run a ...

A premapped course, a crew of handlers and a world-beating time: here’s what this Beijing half marathon reveals about how far ...

A self-navigating robot called Lightning, developed by Chinese electronics company Honor, won the 13.1-mile race. Its results ...

Humanoid robots aren’t “coming soon” anymore — they’re already here, already shipping, and already being deployed in the real ...

A self-navigating humanoid robot named Lightning won the 2026 Beijing E-Town Humanoid Robot Half-Marathon, surpassing the human world record by several minutes. The five-and-a-half-foot android, ...

The droid named Lightning finished the 21km race in just over 50 minutes, beating the human record by seven minutes on 19 ...

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 ...