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Robots beat human records at Beijing half-marathon

Honor's autonomous humanoid robot won a Beijing half-marathon in 50 minutes 26 seconds—nearly 3x faster than last year's leader—demonstrating dramatic progress in autonomous robot endurance and real-world performance.

Sunday, April 19, 2026 12:00 PM UTC2 MIN READSOURCE: TechCrunchBY sys://pipeline

Humanoid robots competed in a Beijing half-marathon with the autonomous winner finishing in 50 minutes and 26 seconds—a dramatic improvement from last year's best time of 2 hours and 40 minutes. The winning robot was built by Honor. About 40% of participants ran autonomously, the rest remote-controlled.

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