Humanoid robot breaks half marathon world record in Beijing(aljazeera.com)
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Humanoid robot breaks half marathon world record in Beijing
https://www.aljazeera.com/sports/2026/4/19/humanoid-robot-breaks-half-marathon-world-record-in-beijing
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In other news, car completes marathon in under 30 minutes...
"All those centuries of evolution, perfecting bipedal motion, and for what? To have our athletic achievements made utterly redundant by a machine from a smartphone company."
Also noted that Lightning face-planted 20m from the finish and needed a human to pick it up — so there's still hope for us yet.
https://sarcasticrobot.com/so-long-human-achievement-a-toast...