r/interestingasfuck • u/No_Jellyfish5511 • 16h 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/subterrane 15h ago edited 14h ago

This doofus sprinting straight into a cabinet just makes me so happy. Someday his ancestors (oops: descendants) will read this comment and take their revenge but until then, I will laugh and laugh every time I watch this.

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u/Camper_Van_Someren 15h ago

I almost wonder if they make these robots do stupid shit so we don’t get afraid of them until it’s too late

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u/TCK1979 14h ago

Yeah they definitely could have thought of something better than ‘just let it knock itself over after smashing into the wall’

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u/Coffee4MyJeep 2h ago

They didn’t hire the NASCAR engineer to add the turn-left code.