For the first time, humanoid robots have outclassed humans in a half-marathon held in Beijing. The winner beat the men's record for the distance set by Uganda’s Jacob Kiplimo in March.

Shandian completed the 21-kilometer (around 13-mile) course in Beijing’s Yizhuang district with a time of 50:26, while Lightning achieved a time of 48:19.

Both times were faster than the human record for the distance set by Uganda’s Jacob Kiplimo, who ran a time of 57:20 at the Lisbon Half Marathon in March.

  • Bustedknuckles@lemmy.worldEnglish
    31·
    4 days ago

    Shows the battery packs can last - that’s something. I remember when the Boston dynamics bots needed to be wired

    • nomad@infosec.pubEnglish
      61·
      3 days ago

      They have internal combustion engines for power. Would be interesting what power source they brought.