Aug 22 2026

Robots break two human world records on day one of Beijing's Humanoid Robot Games: X-Humanoid machines run 100m in 9.39 seconds against Bolt's 9.58 and clear 2.88m in the standing high jump against Sotomayor's 2.45.

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Last year's best robot high jump was 0.95 meters. More than 2,000 robots from 16 countries compete across 51 events through August 26th, with the 100-meter format fully autonomous this year.

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