The development of autonomous humanoid robots like 'Lightning' demonstrates significant progress in AI capabilities for physical tasks.

Humanoid ‘Lightning’ robot smashes the half-marathon record https://www.theverge.com/tech/914869/humanoid-robot-half-marathon-record

📰 Humanoid ‘Lightning’ robot smashes the half-marathon record An autonomous scarlet robot named "Lightning" finished a 13-mile race in Beijing on Sunday in just 50 minutes and 26 seconds, less than half the time of last year's fastest robot, which took two ho... 📰 Source: The Verge 🔗 Link: https://www.theverge.com/tech/914869/humanoid-robot-half-marathon-record

📰 A Humanoid Robot Set a Half-Marathon Record in China An autonomous robot from the company Honor ran a half marathon in 50:26, beating the human record by 7 minutes. 📰 Source: Feed: All Latest 🔗 Archive: https://web.archive.org/web/https://www.wired.com/story/a-humanoid-robot-set-a-half-marathon-record-in-china/

Humanoid ‘Lightning’ robot smashes the half-marathon record The autonomous “Lightning” robot finished the race in under an hour. | Photo: VCG / Getty Images An autonomous scarlet robot named "Lightning" finished a 13-mile race in Beijing on Sunday in just 50 minutes and 26 seconds, less than half the time of last year's fastest robot, which took two hours and 40 minutes. As Reuters reports, Du Xiaodi, one of the engineers who developed Lightning at smartphone company Honor, said the robot "was in development for a year, fitted with legs 90 to 95 cm (35 to 37 inches) long to mimic elite human runners and liquid cooling technology used in its smartphones." Lightning not only won the half-marathon, beating all 12,000 human runners, but also beat the human world record of 57 minutes and 20 seconds … Read the full story at The Verge.

Humanoid ‘Lightning’ robot smashes the half-marathon record www.theverge.com/tech/914869/humanoid-robot-half-marathon-record An autonomous scarlet robot named "Lightning" finished a 13-mile race in Beijing on Sunday in just 50 minutes and 26 seconds, less than half the time of last year's fastest robot, which took two hours and 40 minutes. As Reuters reports, Du Xiaodi, one of…

A Humanoid Robot Set a Half-Marathon Record in China on weekends In China, a humanoid robot broke the world half-marathon record – the human record – by seven minutes. Star Performer was a robot developed by the Chinese company Honor (smartphone manufacturer), which completed a 13.1-mile race in 50 minutes, 26 seconds. The human record is 57 minutes, 20 seconds, set by Olympic medalist Jacob Kiplimo of Uganda. The result is an impressive milestone, especially… https://cnznews.com/a-humanoid-robot-set-a-half-marathon-record-in-china/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=jetpack_social