A bunch of robots ran a half-marathon alongside humans and it was incredibly goofy

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April 19, 2025, 9:51 PM

• •Beijing held what's being called the world's first half-marathon for robots
• •The robots, which had human operators running with them, for the most part struggled to make it through the course at all
• •The winner — X Humanoid's five-foot-ten Tiangong Ultra — was one of only four to make it all the way to the end in the allotted time

The world's first half-marathon for robots was held in Beijing, and it was a hilarious event. The robots struggled to make it through the course, and many of them fell over or broke down. The winner, X Humanoid's Tiangong Ultra, finished the race in two hours and 40 minutes, which was more than double the time of the winning human runners.

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