Chinese humanoid robots beat Bolt's 100m time and human high-jump mark
Chinese humanoid robots have set new performance records, reportedly surpassing human world records in the 100-meter sprint and high jump at the Beijing Robot Games. These events highlight China's rapid advancements in robotics and its competitive stance in the global tech race.
Why it matters
The demonstration underscores the accelerating physical capabilities of humanoid robotics and China's strategic investment in the sector.
It seems technology is already outrunning humans not only in algorithms but also on the field. At a 100-meter sprint at the Beijing Robot Games, a humanoid robot is said to have beaten the human record of Jamaican athlete Usain Bolt. The robot named Lightning Bolt, achieved a result of 9.39 seconds, beating Bolt's record of 9.58 seconds, set in 2009, all before smashing into a blue wall.In a standing high jump, a humanoid robot was able to reach 2.88 meters, well above the 0.95 meters best result by a humanoid in last year's first edition of the games. It also surpassed the human high jump record of 2.45 meters set by Cuba's Javier Sotomayor in 1993. Both the record-setting robots belonged to Beijing-based X-Humanoid.
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