On April 19, 2026, in Tongzhou, Beijing, China, @bovensiepen shared a video from the Beijing E-Town Humanoid Robot Half Marathon. In the video, a red and black bipedal humanoid robot named “Lightning, ...

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

Chinese startups are churning out more humanoid robots than their U.S. rivals, despite far lower valuations.

There's a reason 90% of the world's humanoid robots are made in China, and it's under-investment, according to a new report.

A humanoid robot that won a half-marathon race for robots in Beijing on Sunday ran faster than the human world record in a ...

A premapped course, a crew of handlers and a world-beating time: here’s what this Beijing half marathon reveals about how far ...

Melody is an M-Series humanoid, a masterpiece of "human-centric" engineering from Realbotix, a Canada-based humanoid robot ...

A self-navigating robot called Lightning, developed by Chinese electronics company Honor, won the 13.1-mile race. Its results ...

Siemens and UK startup Humanoid deployed an Nvidia-powered humanoid robot at a German electronics factory, completing 8+ ...

China’s new Terminator robot is taking humanoid robots to a new level. Just how strong are these robots anyway? Let’s discuss ...

A full-size humanoid robot has marked a major step toward real-world autonomy after securing ...

On April 18, the inaugural Beijing Yizhuang Robot Warrior Challenge concluded. Beijing Innovation Center of Humanoid Robotics (X-Humanoid) entered the competition with Embodied Tien Kung 3.0. The full ...