At the World Humanoid Robot Games in Beijing, a humanoid robot named Tiangong Ultra ran the 100-metre sprint in a staggering 8.64 seconds, shattering Jamaican sprinter Usain Bolts legendary human ...

Most athletes might bristle at seeing their records being broken. When eight-time Olympic champion Usain Bolt learned that a robot in China had eclipsed his 100-metres world record by almost a second, ...

Most athletes might bristle at seeing their records being broken. When eight-time Olympic champion Usain Bolt learned that a ...

The Jamaican, ambassador of the "Ultimate Championship," points out that he would have liked to race against "Maurice Greene, ...

As Masai Russell won and won and won early this season, and broke meet record after meet record, she and Lonnie Greene, her ...

The record-breaking run offers a rare window into China's growing lead in humanoid ​robotics, where state-backed research, deep supply chains and intense competition are acceler ...

Heading into the 2026 EMU-GOMU 6-Day World Championships in Balatonfüred, Hungary, American Megan Eckert wasn’t shy about sharing her goals of breaking both her own six-day world record as well as the ...

Humanoid robots at the World Humanoid Robot Games in Beijing have outpaced and out-jumped human athletics benchmarks, but the event also revealed how much work remains before they can operate reliably ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. FILE PHOTO: A Tiangong Ultra humanoid robot crosses the finish line in 8.86 seconds, next to Honor humanoid robots, during a 100m ...

China held its second World Humanoid Robot Games event in late August 2026 at Beijing's National Speed Skating Oval, an event meant to display the country's advances in and commitment to robotics. The ...

X-Humanoid's TianGong Ultra ran 100 meters in 9.32 seconds at Beijing's World Humanoid Robot Games, beating last year's winner by more than half.

Three humanoid robots have officially topped Usain Bolt's world record in the 100-meter race...again. A robotic sprinter ran the 100 meters in 8.84 seconds on Wednesday at the 2026 World Humanoid ...