Robots beat human records at Beijing half-marathon
TechCrunch • • sports
Key Points:
- The winning humanoid robot at the Beijing half-marathon completed the race in 50 minutes and 26 seconds, beating the recent human world record of 57 minutes set by Jacob Kiplimo.
- This year's robot winning time shows significant progress compared to last year's fastest robot time of two hours and 40 minutes.
- The winning autonomous robot was built by Chinese smartphone maker Honor, although a faster remote-controlled Honor robot finished in 48 minutes and 19 seconds.
- Around 40% of the robots competed autonomously, while 60% were remote-controlled, with some robots experiencing difficulties such as falling or hitting barriers during the race.
- The autonomous robot won due to weighted scoring, despite not having the fastest raw time among the competitors.
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