Robots and androids compete against humans at a half-marathon in Beijing Saturday, showcasing China's drive to lead the ...

The second humanoid robot half-marathon is scheduled for April 2026 in Beijing, with stringent competition rules introduced to push robots toward greater autonomy, endurance and reliability, city ...

Earlier this year, a robot completed a half-marathon in Beijing in just under 2 hours and 40 minutes. That’s slower than the human winner, who clocked in at just over an hour – but it’s still a ...

Over the weekend, humans running as fast as they could were chased by robots through the streets of Beijing, China. To be more specific, it was a half-marathon race, and the robots lagged far behind ...

More than 19,000 robots and related products have been sold during a recent robot shopping festival in Beijing, ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) James Pikul, University of Wisconsin-Madison (THE CONVERSATION) Earlier this year, a ...