A half-marathon in Beijing featured a road race with human runners and 21 Chinese humanoid robots, highlighting both the progress and limitations of such robots
A half-marathon in Beijing featured a road race between human runners and 21 robot models—and showed how far robots still are from mimicking people.
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Discussion
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@wired.com
@wired.com
on bluesky
Only four of the 21 robots in the race crossed the finish line, highlighting just how far humanoids are from keeping up with their real human counterparts. www.wired.com/story/beijin...
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@zeyiyang
Zeyi Yang
on bluesky
NEW: Last night, I watched a half marathon in Beijing where 12,000 runners raced along 21 humanoid robots 🤖. Needless to say, humans won big. But I did start rooting for one humanoid robot as it wobbled towards the end after multiple falls, head duct-taped to the body, human as…
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@zoeschiffer
Zoë Schiffer
on bluesky
“The robot immediately twirled in two circles after taking off from the starting line, hit the wall, and dragged down its human operators with it.” 🥲 @zeyiyang.bsky.social — www.wired.com/story/beijin...
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@thehumanoidhub
@thehumanoidhub
on x
Tiangong robot won the Beijing half marathon with a time of 2 hours 40 minutes - more than twice the time of the men's race winner. The robot is built by the Beijing Humanoid Robot Innovation Center. [video]
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@marioskaratzias
Marios Karatzias
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Humanoid Robots 🤖 Vs Human runners 🏃🏻 First race of its kind in the world The world's first humanoid robot half-#marathon was held in #Beijing #today , with the Tiangong Ultra from Beijing robotics centre securing the first position by completing the 21.0975-kilometer race in [vi…
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@cyberrobooo
@cyberrobooo
on x
Historic moment: The first humanoid robot to cross the finish line of a half marathon - TienKung (Beijing Humanoid Robot Innovation Center) [video]
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@morningbrew
@morningbrew
on x
21 humanoid robots ran a half-marathon against humans in Beijing this morning Best robot time: 2 hours, 40 minutes Best human time: 1 hour, 2 minutes The robots in action are a sight to behold: [video]
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@kyleichan
Kyle Chan
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A Chinese humanoid robot just completed the Beijing half marathon in under 3 hours with 3 battery swaps.
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@spoxchn_maoning
Mao Ning
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Man, machine, marathon! #Beijing hosted the world's first half #marathon where humans and humanoid #robots raced side by side! Tiangong Ultra took gold in 2h40m42s. 🤖🏃 [video]
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@shanghaidaily
@shanghaidaily
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Robots running a marathon? Wait... they still trip 😏 This Saturday, Beijing's Yizhuang hosts the world's first humanoid robot half marathon. Let's see how many “oops” moments we get! 😂 #Robot #Robotics #Race #AI #Innovation #Marathon [video]
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@minchoi
Min Choi
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This is wild 🤯 China is literally winning the “robot race”. Beijing just hosted first robot half‑marathon: 20 bots Champ ran 21 km in 2 h 40 m. [video]
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r/technology
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Stumbling and Overheating, Most Humanoid Robots Fail to Finish Half Marathon in Beijing