A robot developed by Chinese smartphone maker Honor just broke the world record for the fastest half-marathon finish time at the Beijing E-Town competition. The Beijing long-touted robots vs. humans ...

One very fast robot just broke a human record with ease. Humanoid robots competed in the 2026 Beijing E-Town Humanoid Robot Half Marathon in Beijing, China, on Sunday, April 19, and the winner, a ...

Mashable tech editor Tim Werth explains how a humanoid robot built by the tech company Honor transformed its performance at the annual Beijing half-marathon. No longer stumbling or relying on remote ...

This robot just broke the world record by solving a Rubik’s cube in 0.637 seconds This robot just broke the world record by solving a Rubik’s cube in 0.637 seconds Share on X (Opens in new window) X ...

The human body isn’t really an ideal template for a robot. Out of the entire family of primates, Homo sapiens are the only ones who spend a majority of their time on two feet—a biological outlier that ...