Chinese humanoid robots beat Usain Bolt's 100m world record at Beijing games

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Two Chinese humanoid robots surpassed Usain Bolt's iconic 9.58-second 100-meter record at the World Humanoid Robot Games in Beijing. In a preliminary heat on Saturday, Tiangong Ultra completed the distance in 9.39 seconds, while Honor's Lightning finished in 9.47 seconds. The annual event, launched in 2025, functions as an olympics-style competition designed to highlight advances in bipedal robot technology. This year's games feature 2,056 robots representing 16 countries, with the 100-meter sprint being one of several notable achievements recorded at the competition.

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