BEIJING--A humanoid robot that won a half-marathon race for robots in Beijing on Sunday ran faster than the human world ...

A robotics competition on the outskirts of Beijing may spark a new wave of Asimovian nightmares, as humanoid robots outraced the human competition on their way to record-setting results. The race, in ...

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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The winning robot, from Chinese smartphone manufacturer Honor, accepts media interviews after the Beijing E-Town Humanoid Robot ...

Beijing, the capital of China, has seen technological advances. Last year, robots competed in a half-marathon but were humiliated in defeat. But this year was different as a single robot stood out ...

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Runners take pictures of a humanoid robot in the second Beijing E-Town Half Marathon and Humanoid Robot Half Marathon in Beijing Sunday, April 19, 2026. (Haruna Furuhashi/Pool Photo via AP)(AP/Haruna ...

A humanoid robot that won a half-marathon race for robots in Beijing on Sunday ran faster than the human world record in a show of China's technological leaps. Watch video of the race in the player ...