Overview
- An Honor-built humanoid won the Yizhuang half marathon near Beijing in 50 minutes and 26 seconds over the 21 km course.
- The mark topped the human world record of 57:20 set on March 8 in Lisbon by Uganda’s Jacob Kiplimo.
- The winning machine used 95 cm legs, autonomous navigation, and efficient cooling to keep a smooth, steady gait.
- Nearly 40% of the robots finished the race without human intervention, while the rest were controlled remotely.
- Compared with the previous edition, times fell from over 2 hours 40 minutes to under an hour as a larger field of more than 100 entrants ran with steadier form.