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A Chinese robot just ran a half-marathon faster than any human ever has, clocking 50 minutes and 26 seconds in Beijing. The race also delivered plenty of laughs as robots tumbled, crashed, and needed "stretchers" along the way.
A humanoid robot just ran a half-marathon faster than any human in history, completing the Beijing race in 50 minutes and 26 seconds. The breakthrough shows how quickly robot technology is advancing, with this year's machines running three times faster than last year's models.
A humanoid robot just ran faster than any human in half-marathon history, completing 21 kilometers in under 51 minutes. The achievement at Beijing's E-Town Half-Marathon shows how far robotics technology has advanced.
A humanoid robot successfully finished the Beijing half marathon on Sunday, marking a major milestone in robotics engineering. The achievement showcases how far Chinese innovators have advanced the technology that could one day assist humans in dangerous or difficult tasks.
At the Beijing Half Marathon, runners competed alongside four humanoid robots in a first-of-its-kind race. The robots finished the 13.1-mile course, showing how far robotics technology has advanced.
Chinese humanoid robots just shattered the half marathon world record, with the winning robot finishing in 50 minutes and 26 seconds. Just one year after most couldn't even finish the race, over 100 robots are now outpacing professional human athletes.
A humanoid robot just shattered the human half-marathon world record, completing the 21-kilometer course in under 51 minutes. The breakthrough marks a stunning leap forward after robots took over two hours to finish the same race just one year ago.
A humanoid robot just ran a half-marathon in under 51 minutes, crushing the human world record by nearly seven minutes in a stunning display of how fast robotics technology is advancing. Spectators watched in awe as machines outpaced people for the first time in the competition's history.
A Chinese-built humanoid robot just completed a half-marathon in 50 minutes, smashing last year's record while racing alongside human runners in Beijing. The achievement showcases how far robotics technology has advanced in creating machines that can move like us.
A humanoid robot just completed a half marathon faster than the human world record, clocking 50 minutes and 26 seconds in Beijing. The achievement shows how far robotics has leaped in just one year.
A humanoid robot just ran a half marathon faster than any human ever has. The machine crossed the finish line in Beijing in 48 minutes and 19 seconds, shattering the human world record by nine minutes.
Humanoid robots crushed the half-marathon world record in Beijing, finishing in just over 50 minutes and beating human champions by more than 10 minutes. Just one year after most robots couldn't even finish the race, over 100 teams showcased machines that ran autonomously through 13 miles of challenging terrain.
A humanoid robot in Beijing just completed a half marathon in 50 minutes and 26 seconds, beating the human world record by nearly seven minutes. The achievement marks a massive leap from last year's robot race, where the winner took over two and a half hours.
A Beijing surgical team traveled to Macao to perform the city's first robotic pancreatic surgery, navigating over 20 delicate blood vessels to remove a rare tumor while keeping the patient's spleen intact. The patient was walking the next day.
More than 70 robot teams completed a full 21-kilometer test run in Beijing, preparing for China's second annual humanoid half-marathon. The event has exploded in popularity, with participation jumping nearly fivefold since last year's inaugural race.
Singapore is bringing driverless taxis to its streets, partnering with Chinese autonomous vehicle companies to deploy up to 150 robotaxis by year's end. The city state is joining Beijing, San Francisco, and other cities already embracing the future of transportation.
In 1971, a simple invitation to American table tennis players broke down barriers between two superpowers and changed history. What started as exhibition matches in Beijing paved the way for diplomatic ties that transformed China and US relations forever. #
Scientists discovered a previously unknown human lineage near Beijing that survived the Ice Age, rewriting our understanding of how ancient societies adapted. DNA evidence shows these hunter-gatherers didn't vanish but gradually transformed over thousands of years.
Noah Elliott returned to the podium at the 2026 Milano Cortina Paralympics with gold and silver medals, just four years after an unhealed wound kept him off the podium in Beijing. The Colorado Springs athlete overcame serious setbacks to cement his place as a Paralympic snowboarding champion.
Scientists uncovered DNA from a previously unknown human branch that lived through the end of the last ice age in northern East Asia, rewriting what we know about ancient survival. The discovery shows human diversity persisted far longer than expected, even as cultures transformed.
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