@FinanceYF5: 300+ humanoid robots just ran alongside humans in Beijing. Last year’s champ: 2 h 40 m. This year’s champ: 50 m 26 s—3× faster in one year. The winning bot ran fully autonomously and beat the human world record by 6+ min. The future is here.
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Over 300 humanoid robots raced alongside humans in Beijing, with the winning autonomous robot finishing in 50:26—three times faster than last year and six minutes ahead of the human world record.
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More than 300 humanoid robots just ran alongside humans in Beijing.
Last year’s champ: 2 h 40 m
This year’s champ: 50 m 26 s
Three times faster in one year.
And the winning robot finished the race fully autonomously—over six minutes quicker than the human world record.
The future is already here.
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