{"id":80201,"date":"2026-04-19T19:20:39","date_gmt":"2026-04-19T19:20:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/diyhaven858.wasmer.app\/index.php\/beijings-robot-half-marathon-is-back-for-its-second-year-with-far-less-embarassing-results\/"},"modified":"2026-04-19T19:20:39","modified_gmt":"2026-04-19T19:20:39","slug":"beijings-robot-half-marathon-is-back-for-its-second-year-with-far-less-embarassing-results","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/diyhaven858.wasmer.app\/index.php\/beijings-robot-half-marathon-is-back-for-its-second-year-with-far-less-embarassing-results\/","title":{"rendered":"Beijing&#8217;s robot half-marathon is back for its second year with far less embarassing results"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-article-body=\"true\">\n<p class=\"col-body mb-4 leading-7 text-[18px] md:leading-8 break-words min-w-0 charcoal-color\">To make up for an incredibly laughable inaugural event, Beijing is running back its humanoid robot half-marathon. Fortunately, the event that pits humanoid robots made by Chinese companies against each other across 13 miles went a lot smoother this year.<\/p>\n<p class=\"col-body mb-4 leading-7 text-[18px] md:leading-8 break-words min-w-0 charcoal-color\">This year&#8217;s half-marathon hosted more than 100 competitors, with first place going to Honor, better known for its smartphones, and its red-clad robot named Lightning. Living up to the name, the gold medalist finished the race in 50 minutes and 26 seconds. That&#8217;s several minutes faster than the human record that was recently set by Uganda&#8217;s Jacob Kiplimo last month.<\/p>\n<p class=\"col-body mb-4 leading-7 text-[18px] md:leading-8 break-words min-w-0 charcoal-color\">Honor swept the other podium spots, with the important caveat that they all navigated the course autonomously, according to the state-sponsored television news agency CCTV. That&#8217;s a massive improvement over last year, where the fastest time among 21 robots was achieved by Tiangong Ultra with a record of two hours and 40 minutes. Last year&#8217;s event saw many of the bipedal robots receiving assistance from human operators who ran alongside them, as well as some comical mishaps, like falling at the starting line.<\/p>\n<p class=\"col-body mb-4 leading-7 text-[18px] md:leading-8 break-words min-w-0 charcoal-color\">However, the <em>BBC<\/em> reported that around 40 percent of the robots competed autonomously this year, while the rest were remote-controlled. Despite the rapid improvements, this year&#8217;s event still had its fair share of crashes, even from Honor&#8217;s robots.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>To make up for an incredibly laughable inaugural event, Beijing is running back its humanoid robot half-marathon. 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