Scientific American

A robot ran a half marathon faster than a human. Here’s why folding laundry is still harder

A premapped course, a crew of handlers and a world-beating time: here’s what this Beijing half marathon reveals about how far ...

Robots can run a marathon and play ping pong. But will they ever achieve true sporting greatness?

But while it is tempting to frame this as robots versus humans, sport robotics isn’t really about competition. It’s about how ...
New Scientist

Humanoid robots may be about to break the 100-metre sprint record

Robots can now run a half-marathon faster than humans and are rapidly homing in on the 100-metre sprint record. But why are ...

Robot breaks world record for half-marathon despite spectacular crash into wall

The runner who beat a half-marathon faster than any human has didn’t need to eat bowls of pasta the night before or buy ...
Digital Trends

Watch these humanoid robots run, fight, dance and fall over at first ‘robot Olympics’

First ever World Humanoid Robot Games kicks off in Beijing Hundreds of humanoid robots have been brought together in Beijing, China, for the inaugural World Humanoid Robot Games. The three-day event ...
AOL

World's fastest humanoid robot runs 22 MPH

A full-size humanoid robot just ran faster than most people will ever sprint. Chinese robotics firm MirrorMe Technology has unveiled Bolt, a humanoid robot that reached a top speed of 22 miles per ...
Hosted on MSN

Google’s new Gemini AI model means your future robot butler will still work even without Wi‑Fi

Google’s new Gemini Robotics On‑Device AI model lets robots run entirely offline The model can learn new tasks from just 50 to 100 examples It adapts to different robot types, like humanoids or ...
Sixth Tone

Robots Run, Dance, and Clean in World’s First Humanoid Games

A panda-shaped robot moved through tai chi routines as machines designed after the terra-cotta warriors marched in step. Mechanical versions of Chinese pop culture icons such as the Monkey King and ...