The winning runner at a Beijing half-marathon for humanoid robots finished the race today in 50 minutes and 26 seconds — significantly faster than the human world record of 57 minutes recently set by Jacob Kiplimo.
Comparing human and robot running times may seem unfair; one social media user observed, “my car can outrun a cheetah too.” Still, the winning time is a massive improvement over last year’s race, when the fastest robot finished in two hours and 40 minutes. (Back then, I scoffed that this “would not be an impressive time for a human.”)
The Associated Press reports that this year’s winner was built by Chinese smartphone maker Honor. It seems the winning robot wasn’t actually the fastest, as a different Honor robot finished in 48 minutes and 19 seconds. But that one was remote controlled — the 50:26 robot was autonomous and won due to weighted scoring.
About 40% of participating robots competed autonomously, while the remaining 60% were remote controlled, according to Beijing’s E-Town tech hub. Not all of them did as well as Honor’s robots, with one robot falling at the starting line and another hitting a barrier.
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The winning autonomous robot finished in 50 minutes and 26 seconds, faster than the human world record of 57 minutes set by Jacob Kiplimo.
The winner was built by Chinese smartphone maker Honor; a remote-controlled Honor robot finished even faster in 48 minutes and 19 seconds but lost on weighted scoring.
Last year's fastest robot finished in two hours and 40 minutes, so this year's 50:26 is a massive improvement.
About 40% competed autonomously while 60% were remote controlled; not all succeeded, with one falling at the start and another hitting a barrier.
