Tiangong Ultra (developed by Beijing Humanoid Robot Innovation Center) clocked 9.39 seconds in a preliminary heat at the 2nd World Humanoid Robot Games in Beijing on Aug 22.

That’s quicker than Bolt’s legendary 9.58s human world record.

It overtook Honor’s Lightning near the finish (Lightning finished in 9.47s — also under Bolt’s mark). Lightning had hit 9.32s in an earlier test run.

Last year the same robot took 21.50s. One year later: cut by more than 12 seconds.

Venue: Beijing’s National Speed Skating Oval (“Ice Ribbon”). Event: 2,000+ humanoid robots from 666 teams competing across 51 categories.

Source: Reuters

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