A robot by Honor broke the world record
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There's been a major breakthrough in robot technology in Beijing, where humanoid robots competed against humans in a half-marathon. As Mike Armstrong explains, the fastest android finished the race faster than the human world record. Alberta's government ...
Honor's "Lightning" android won the 2026 robot half marathon, smashing the human world record for the same distance. The robot is said to use the same cooling tech as Honor's smartphones. Honor might be best known for its smartphones,
THIS is the shocking moment a marathon-running robot smashed into pieces after tripping – before being dramatically carried away on a stretcher by a medical crew. The mechanical runner
More than 100 humanoid robot teams and 12,000 human runners took part in the world's second half-marathon for androids in Beijing, with multiple robots finishing the 21-kilometer race in less than one hour.