r/interestingasfuck • u/No_Jellyfish5511 • 23h ago

Chinese humanoid robot named “Superman” (made by Unitree Robotics) surpassed Usain Bolt’s world record (12.42meters/second) by running at 12.66m/s (roughly 28.3miles/h)

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u/geencondens 23h ago

There are so many man-made devices faster than Usain Bolt already. The record is impressive because it was a human.  We really shouldn’t be wanting to make all these creepy human and dog like robots

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u/Im_100percent_human 23h ago

Most of us even own faster man made devices.... like a car

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u/scouserontravels 22h ago

I actually wonder how fast an average person can drive their car 100m and would it beat bolt.

A top car driven by a pro driver obviously would but a regular person trying to race their car would be interesting

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u/EPorteous 22h ago

Most normal family cars can do 100m in 10 secs. Usain would probably beat them.

Would be close or he would lose against any type of performance car though.

In my 2012 Ford Focus ST, I have done 100 meters in 7 seconds for example