Humanoid robots ran a half-marathon against humans for the first time on Saturday in Beijing. The race highlighted how far humanoid robots have advanced, and how far they still have to go.

In one small step for robot-kind—thousands of them, really—humanoid robots ran alongside actual humans in a half-marathon in the Chinese capital on Saturday. The bipedal robots of various makes and ...

The global Humanoid robots market is poised for explosive growth, fueled by rapid advancements in artificial intelligence, robotics, and human-machine interaction. The market is projected to reach a ...

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IMAGE: Engineers run along with humanoid robot 'Tiangong' as it participates with human runners in the E-Town Half Marathon & Humanoid Robot Half Marathon in Beijing, China, on Saturday.

Twenty-one humanoid robots joined thousands of runners at the Yizhuang half-marathon in Beijing on Saturday, the first time these machines have raced alongside humans over a 21-km (13-mile ...

The world’s first half-marathon with humanoid robot participants ... featured robots running alongside human runners for the first time. It evoked images of the first motor race 131 years ...

A small humanoid contestant is closely followed by its technicians. Kevin Frayer / Getty Images “The robots are running very well, very stable … I feel I’m witnessing the evolution of robots ...

Google DeepMind unveiled two new artificial intelligence (AI) models on Thursday, which can control robots to make them perform a wide range of tasks in real-world environments. Dubbed Gemini ...