The world’s fastest human in the half-marathon is still just that, but the Ugandan’s record time of 57 minutes, 20 seconds, was obliterated Sunday in Beijing by a 5-foot-5 humanoid robot named Lightni...

A humanoid robot broke the half-marathon world record while competing against thousands of human runners.

Mr Du said its robot design was modelled on outstanding human athletes, with long legs of about 95 cm, and was equipped with what he called a powerful liquid-cooling system which was largely developed...