In a spectacle that turned heads and sparked curiousity over the world, humanoid robots joined thousands of runners in a half marathon in Beijing, China, offering a futuristic twist to the time-honoured test of endurance. While no formal contest pitted man against machine, the event highlighted just how far robotics has come, and how far it still has to go.
The scene unfolded on Saturday morning as 21 humanoid robots, each developed by the Beijing Innovation Centre of Humanoid Robotics, lined up alongside human athletes to take on the 21-kilometre course. This wasn’t a promotional gimmick; it was a test. The question at hand: can robots run like humans?
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