They have been oiled his joints, ran, and finished successfully – a series of robot Well they ran for the first time against people in a half marathon in China.
About 21 humanoid robots They ran today (19.04.2025) along with Thousands of runners on the 21km route to Beijing, China.
By the robots, First came Tiangong Ultra, with two hours and 40 minutes, while the The winner of the race had time for one hour and two minutes.
Tang Jian, head of the Beijing Robotics Innovation Center, said their performance was helped by long legs and an algorithm that allows them to imitate the way people run.
“I don’t want to boast, but I think no other robotics company in the West has reached Tiangong’s athletic achievements,” he said.
Added that The robot battery changed only three times during the race.
A Robot fell on the boot line and stayed on the ground for a few minutes Before getting up and participating in the race while another fell on a railing, As a result, his operator falls down too.
The robots were accompanied by people-travelers, while some of them physically supported the machines during the race.
Many of the robots were wearing sneakers while one was wearing boxing gloves and another one red ribbon who wrote “Bound to Win” in Chinese.