In Beijing, a humanoid robot named Lightning finished a half marathon in 50 minutes and 26 seconds, beating the human world record by nearly 7 minutes.

A humanoid robot recently made headlines around the world for running a half-marathon and beating the human world record. Around the same time, an AI-powered robot defeated an elite human player in ...

Humanoid robots aren’t “coming soon” anymore — they’re already here, already shipping, and already being deployed in the real world. In this video, we break down six of the most important humanoid ...

Chinese robotics player Dobot has launched the third batch of its full-size industrial humanoid robot, Atom. The move also signals the start of its planned mass production and delivery phase ahead of ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. An Optimus humanoid exhibited by Tesla at the World Artificial Intelligence Conference in Shanghai, China Monday, July 28, 2025.

Some robots ran the Beijing half-marathon autonomously, while others were controlled remotely, all competing on a parallel ...

A humanoid robot ran a half marathon in under 51 minutes, showing major gains in speed and endurance while revealing limits ...

A humanoid robot is now rallying tennis shots with a human in real time. It runs without a script or remote control, so it can react instantly on a tennis court. The robot stands about 4 feet tall, ...

The robot that won the humanoid half-marathon this month finished in 50 minutes and 26 seconds, a major improvement compared ...

When human picks up a fragile raw egg, or a slippery and heavy metal cup, human hand naturally adjusts its grip according to its tactile experience to prevent slipping or crushing. For robots, such ...

When researchers asked more than 1,000 Americans to assign colors to robots according to the robot’s job, they found that biases familiar from the human workplace resurfaced—and that the people making ...

Hotels, wellness spaces, and cruises around the world are using this emerging concept not to replace human interaction—but to ...