The Beijing half-marathon race record time for a humanoid robot of 50 minutes 26 seconds is almost two hours quicker than the fastest robot in the 2025 race.

In summer 2025, you read a news item about plans for humanoid robots to be deployed in South Korean shipyards to tackle ...

Humanoid robotics companies have already shown their machines can run at 22 mph, land backflips and even pull off front flips. So the new proving ground is not raw speed or acrobatics. It is control ...