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

The machine kicked and flailed about, but it would take a team of humans and a stretcher to get it off the course

A world half-marathon record was broken at a race in China this weekend. But the winner wasn't an Olympian or even a competitive racer. It was a bright red humanoid robot. Nickname? Lightning. The autonomous robot was competing in a robot versus human half-marathon race in Beijing,

There has been a lot of talk about a fully autonomous robot that broke a human world record during a half marathon in China. That is mostly true. It is

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