Chinese robot beats Usain Bolt's 100m world record
The Chinese humanoid robot "Lightning" ran a 100-meter trial race faster than human world-record holder Usain Bolt. A year ago, humanoid robots struggled to finish a race.
A Chinese humanoid robot named Lightning completed a 100-meter race in 9.32 seconds, surpassing the previous human world record of Usain Bolt, who clocked in at 9.58 seconds during the 2009 World Athletics Championships in Berlin. The robot's swift performance was part of the second World Humanoid Robot Games, held in Beijing. This accomplishment marks a significant milestone in the development of artificial intelligence, as previous humanoid robots had struggled to complete a race just a year prior.
The electric vehicle manufacturer Honor created Lightning, which also triumphed in the Beijing half-marathon, finishing in 50 minutes and 26 seconds, a few minutes ahead of the human world record holder, Jacob Kiplimo of Uganda, who completed the same distance in 57 minutes and 20 seconds. To prepare for the competition, Lightning's legs were extended by 10 centimeters to 1.05 meters.
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