Beijing humanoid half-marathon winner breaks human world record

The winner of a half-marathon held Sunday in Beijing featuring humanoid robots alongside amateur runners broke the human world record, finishing the race in 50 minutes, 26 seconds, as China showcased its rapid progress in robotics technology.In the second such sporting event following the "world's first" half-marathon for robots hosted by the Chinese capital last April, the winning robot's time of 2 hours, 40 minutes, 42 seconds was vastly exceeded by the champion humanoid.In March this year, Uganda's Jacob Kiplimo set the new half-marathon world record in a Lisbon race, clocking 57:20.The …READ FULL ARTICLE