Humanoid robots smash Usain Bolt’s 100-meter record

The Verge
By Jess WeatherbedAug 24, 2026, 5:10 am119 ptsTrending
Tiangong Ultra (left) also broke the 400 meter world record during this year’s World Humanoid Robot Games. | Image: Lintao Zhang/Getty Images The 9.58-second 100-meter dash record set by Usain Bolt in 2009 has been outpaced by Chinese robots participating at the World Humanoid Robot Games in Beijing. In a…

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