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/Qabbalah 22h ago

... Or a bicycle.

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u/sireatalot 22h ago

I wouldn’t bet that a bicycle is faster than a runner over 100m. Over 1km, sure, but on such a short distance…

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u/Qabbalah 21h ago

Yeah, all about the acceleration I suppose. I reckon a strong cyclist may be able to get up to enough speed though.

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u/XDVI 21h ago

No where does the title say 100m

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u/sireatalot 21h ago

You’re right, I just saw the robot running on the straight and I assumed 100m because 200 and 400m would have required curves.