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Honor humanoid robot Lightning runs 100m in 9.32 seconds
The robot, developed by Honor, hit a peak speed of 14.5 meters per second during tests for the World Humanoid Robot Games.
China’s state broadcaster reported that Honor’s humanoid robot Lightning ran the 100 meters in 9.32 seconds in Beijing, beating the men’s 100m world record of 9.58 seconds set by Usain Bolt 17 years ago.
The robot reached a peak speed of 14.5 meters per second during a test event for the second World Humanoid Robot Games, which began over the weekend, and its showing surpassed Bolt’s time benchmark from the World Athletics Championships in Berlin.
Lightning also won the Beijing E-Town half marathon in April in 50 minutes and 26 seconds, and the company said researchers later lengthened the robot’s legs by 10 cm for the games.
More than 2,000 humanoid robots are participating across 51 events over five days, as China pushes humanoid robotics amid intensifying competition with the United States, including a recent FCC import ban tied to national security reasons and U.S. defense actions targeting certain Chinese robot makers.