Beijing Humanoid Robot Innovation Center’s Tiangong Ultra beat Usain Bolt’s 9.58-second world record set at the 2009 World Athletics Championships by finishing the 100-meter qualification race in 9.39 seconds at the World Humanoid Robot Games in Beijing at the opening on Aug. 22.

This video of a cartwheeling, kung-fu-fighting robot might look like it is AI-generated, but it is frighteningly real.

WHEN Usain Bolt became the fastest man on Earth in 2009, he performed that trademark victory pose — stretching out his arm towards adoring fans. In sharp contrast, Tiangong Ultra — the robot that

A Chinese two-legged robot has broken Usain Bolt’s 100-metre world record, clocking 9.32 seconds at the World Humanoid Robot Games in Beijing.

The winner ran the half-marathon in 50 minutes and 26 seconds. Kevin Frayer / Stringer via Getty Images On April 19, thousands of athletes ran alongside more than 100 humanoid robots in the 2026 Beijing E-Town Humanoid Robot Half-Marathon. A five-and-a ...

The world’s largest humanoid robot maker by sales is set to list in Shanghai on Wednesday, with the initial public offering already having raised 6.1 billion yuan ($905 million) and more than 8,000 times oversubscribed,