Tiangong Ultra Runs 100 Meters in 9.39 Seconds at Beijing Robot Games
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Updated · Yahoo · Aug 23
Tiangong Ultra Runs 100 Meters in 9.39 Seconds at Beijing Robot Games
3 articles · Updated · Yahoo · Aug 23
Summary
9.39 seconds put Tiangong Ultra ahead of Honor's Lightning at 9.47 in a 100-meter preliminary heat at Beijing's World Humanoid Robot Games, a time faster than Usain Bolt's 9.58 human world record.
The sprint marked a sharp leap from Tiangong Ultra's 21.5-second winning time at last year's inaugural games, underscoring how quickly humanoid race performance is improving.
Commercial use still looks distant: several robots crashed into pads after finishing, and some needed human help to leave the track.
Beijing is using the Aug. 22-26 event to showcase thousands of robots across sports including soccer, table tennis and boxing, after a separate half-marathon also produced record-beating but crash-prone performances.