China Pits Humanoid Robots Against Humans In Half-Marathon

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By BeauHDApr 19, 2025, 9:00 am224 pts
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Reuters: Twenty-one humanoid robots joined thousands of runners at the Yizhuang half-marathon in Beijing on Saturday, the first time these machines have raced alongside humans over a 21-km (13-mile) course. The robots from Chinese manufacturers such as DroidVP and Noetix…

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