China’s humanoid robot half marathon showed real gains in speed and autonomy, even if the race still revealed clear technical limits.

BEIJING — It was not even close as a bright red Chinese humanoid named “Lightning” lived up to its name in a half-marathon pitting humans against robots, smoking its competition on Sunday

Anthropomorphic robots took center stage during China’s Spring Festival Gala as the country rang in the Year of the Horse before hundreds of millions of viewers. Units manufactured by Hangzhou-based Unitree Robotics vaulted, kicked and engaged in ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Back-flipping, nunchuck-weilding humanoid robots delighted and amazed viewers at China’s annual televised new-year extravaganza with their kung-fu choreography. But they – and their ...