The Billion-Dollar Robot Race Is Moving Faster Than The Robots

Humanoid robots are attracting capital at a pace the underlying technology cannot yet justify. Between viral dance ...

Humans, robots to run together again at Beijing Yizhuang Half Marathon, organisers confirm

More than 300 humanoid machines representing at least 100 company and university teams will compete in the race on April 19 ...

Beijing humanoid robot half marathon holds first test run ahead of upgraded 2026 race

A Tiangong humanoid robot, developed by the Beijing Humanoid Robot Innovation Center, approaches the finish line during the ...

2026 Beijing humanoid robot half-marathon debuts autonomous navigation running, over 300 ...

A humanoid robot races in the company of assistants at the humanoid robot half-marathon in Beijing on April 19, 2025. Photo: ...
VnExpress International

South Korea’s humanoid robot shows off agility with moonwalks, football kicks

The humanoid v0.7 developed by the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, can run, jump, kick a football and ...

This $4,900 robot can run, flip, and do kung fu

China's Unitree has catapulted humanoid robots into the mainstream with its R1 Air—the cheapest human-size walking robot in ...
Nature

AI & robotics briefing: What running robots tell us about gaits

NATURE BRIEFING 30 April 2024 AI & robotics briefing: What running robots tell us about gaits A robot that changes from trot to bounce to avoid falls hints at why four-legged animals transition ...