A half marathon foot race in Beijing, China, saw thousands of humanoid robots of various sizes running right alongside their flesh-and-blood counterparts for an attempt to take the crown.

Twenty-one humanoid robots joined thousands of runners at the Yizhuang half-marathon in Beijing on Saturday, the first time these machines have raced alongside humans over a 21-km (13-mile ...

More than 20 two-legged robots competed in the world’s first humanoid half-marathon in China on Saturday, and – though technologically impressive – they were far from outrunning their human masters ...

Robot winner is Tiangong Ultra from Beijing robotics centre Time at 2 hours 40 minutes more than twice men's race winner BEIJING, April 19 (Reuters) - Twenty-one humanoid robots joined thousands ...

In one small step for robot-kind — thousands of them, really — humanoid robots ran alongside actual humans in a half-marathon in the Chinese capital BEIJING -- In one small step for robot-kind ...

Learn More. In a spectacle that combined elements of science fiction and athletics, China held its first-ever humanoid robot half-marathon over the weekend, pitting machines against more than ...

Humanoid robots ran a half-marathon against humans for the first time on Saturday in Beijing. The race highlighted how far humanoid robots have advanced, and how far they still have to go.

Languages: English. Twenty-one humanoid robots competed alongside thousands of human runners in Beijing on Saturday in what organizers claim is the world's first bipedal robot half-marathon.

If the idea of robots taking on humans in a road race conjures dystopian images of android athletic supremacy, then fear not, for now at least. More than 20 two-legged robots competed in the world ...