Humanoid Robots Race Humans in Beijing Half-Marathon | Vantage with Palki Sharma | N18G
China pitted humanoid robots against humans in a half-marathon for the first time, in Beijing on Saturday. The robots were accompanied by human trainers, who sometimes had to physically support the machines during the race. A few robots crashed mid-way during the race. The winning robot, Tiangong Ultra, finished in 2 hours and 40 minutes — long after the men's winner finished the race in 1 hour and 2 minutes.
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