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Humanoid robots smash Usain Bolt's 100-meter record
Literally ‘smashing' — the bots can't stop without colliding into a crash pad. Literally ‘smashing' — the bots can't stop without colliding into a crash pad. Image: Lintao Zhang/Getty Images Jess…
Robot competition wows Hong Kong crowd
In a contest where martial arts philosophy met cutting-edge robotics, the University of Hong Kong emerged as the champion at the Asia-Pacific Broadcasting Union Robot Contest 2026, themed “Kung Fu Quest.” SCROLL TO CONTINUE WITH…
Xpeng's robotics unit valued at over $6.3 billion after record funding round
BEIJING, Aug 24 (Reuters) - Chinese automaker Xpeng said on Monday its robotics unit had raised more than $900 million in its first funding round, setting a new record for a single private financing in China's embodied AI sector.
Robots can outrun humans, but can they plug in a cable?
China's humanoid robots have shown they can run quicker than the fastest humans. Now comes the real test: can they also handle packaging and warehouse operations while reliably performing precision tasks like connecting cables…
The embodied AI frontier: how China's robotics boom is reshaping Washington-Beijing tech rivalry
The staging of the Asia-Pacific Broadcasting Union Robocon in Hong Kong, co-hosted by RTHK and the Hong Kong Science and Technology Parks Corporation and featuring dynamic demonstrations by Unitree Robotics, provides a vivid window into a profound…
Chinese robots beat Usain Bolt's 100m world record at Beijing games
A Chinese humanoid robot ran 100 metres in 9.39 seconds in a preliminary heat at the World Humanoid Robot Games in Beijing on Saturday, faster than the men's world record held by Jamaican sprinting great Usain Bolt. SCROLL TO CONTINUE WITH CONTENT…
Xpeng's robotics unit valued at over US$6.3 billion after record funding round
Chinese automaker Xpeng said on Monday its robotics unit had raised more than US$900 million (HK$7.02 billion) in its first funding round, setting a new record for a single private financing in China's embodied AI sector. SCROLL TO CONTINUE WITH…
Humanoid Robots Now Run Faster Than Usain Bolt, Can't Stop Properly
Remember when Usain Bolt set the world record for the 100 meters in 2009? That time of 9.58 seconds still stands, but now humanoid robots are beating Bolt's iconic time under test conditions. The second World Humanoid Robot Games (WHRG) began in…
Chinese robot sprints 100m faster than Usain Bolt: Why teaching robots to run matters
This is the second edition of the World Humanoid Robot Games, where, apart from racing, the humanoid robots will compete in football, and in tasks such as connecting cables, charging electric vehicles, and moving materials from one location to…
Chinese humanoid robot beats Bolt's time
A Chinese humanoid robot ran the 100-meter dash nearly two-tenths of a second faster than world-record holder Usain Bolt at Beijing's “Robot Olympics” on Saturday. A different class of achievement from Bolt's, for obvious reasons, it…
Demo to Deployment: Paras Savnani on the Testing Gap in Robotics
The robotics founder argues that impressive demonstrations reveal far less than the industry needs to know about whether a robot can perform reliably once it leaves a controlled environment. Article continues below advertisement A robot can…
Robot Brains Could Have Their 'ChatGPT Moment' by 2027, ACE Robotics Chairman Says
Humanoid robots can walk, dance, and box, but getting them to perform useful work in the unpredictable physical world reliably remains one of artificial intelligence's biggest challenges. ACE Robotics Chairman Wang Xiaogang believes advances in AI…
Brave1 is letting Ukrainian troops custom-order armed ground robots
Brave1 lets Ukrainian units order drones built to exact specifications Military units have spent nearly one billion dollars through Brave1 Market Buyers can adjust seventeen different drone specifications before placing an order A new procurement…
XPeng robotics raises $900M at $6.3B valuation for IRON robot push
XPeng's robotics business has raised over $900 million at a post-money valuation of more than $6.3 billion, the Chinese EV maker announced today. XPeng calls it the largest single-round private financing in the history of China's embodied AI…
Robots in China Break World Records in the 100- and 400-Meter Races
At the start of a world championship, a robot from China ran the 100-meter dash faster than Usain Bolt. The human-set record was also broken in the 400-meter race at the Robot World Championships. Humanoid robots have broken the world records for…
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