Humanoid robots in China are practicing mocks day and night for an upcoming marathon race. The first practice test for the highly anticipated 2026 Yizhuang humanoid robot half marathon, scheduled ...

A scene even science fiction has yet to depict—humans and humanoid robots running side by side in a half-marathon — will become reality on April 13 in Beijing E-Town. Every spring, marathons sprout ...

A Tiangong humanoid robot, developed by the Beijing Humanoid Robot Innovation Center, approaches the finish line during the first test run for the 2026 Beijing E-Town Humanoid Rob ...

It looks like humanoid robots have a long way to go before catching up with human runners. Beijing’s E-Town tech hub hosted what it described as the world’s first humanoid half-marathon on Saturday, ...

A new video released by California-based tech firm Figure AI shows its humanoid robot out for a run with workers from the firm. The robot’s running style looks steady and natural as it jogs along with ...

While humanoid robots have a long way to go to prove useful in our day-to-day lives, they’ve at least made leaps and bounds in showing off their agility on stage. Case in point, the televised Spring ...

Northwestern University engineers have developed the first modular robots with athletic intelligence. They can be combined and recombined in the wild, recover from injury and keep moving no matter ...