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

A robot attends the Humanoid Robot Half-Marathon held in Beijing (Ng Han Guan/AP) In one small step for robot-kind – thousands of them, really – humanoid robots ran alongside actual humans in ...

reducing them by 1.2 cases for every 100 full-time workers in the U.S. between 2005 and 2011. For years, the idea of robots handling workplace safety seemed like science fiction, but today ...

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 update also included an improved controller (the robot’s brain) to decelerate the tiny robot’s landing approach. The combination now results in a “gentle plop-down,” as described in ...

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 Beijing on Saturday. The bipedal robots of various ...

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If the idea of robots taking on humans in a road race conjures ... Teams from several companies and universities took part in the race, a showcase of China’s advances on humanoid technology ...

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Some of the robots that took part were as short as 3ft 9in, while others were as tall as 5ft 9in. They had to resemble humans and be able to walk or run - wheels were not allowed. Image ...