A premapped course, a crew of handlers and a world-beating time: here’s what this Beijing half marathon reveals about how far ...

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

A self-navigating robot called Lightning, developed by Chinese electronics company Honor, won the 13.1-mile race. Its results ...

Last year’s inaugural race saw many of the participating humanoids stumble, careen out of control, or just lie down at the ...

The winner from Honor, a Chinese smartphone maker, completed the race in 50 minutes and 26 seconds, running faster than the ...

Lightning, one of more than 100 robots running the Beijing E-Town, avoided a serious mishap and crossed the finish line in a ...

The winning robot of this year's humanoid robot half-marathon in China beat the human record holder by several minutes.

The android won a race featuring robots and humans on Sunday in Beijing, achieving a technological milestone while finishing ...

Some robots ran the Beijing half-marathon autonomously, while others were controlled remotely, all competing on a parallel ...

The day has arrived when a humanoid robot can beat human runners at a long-distance race. At a marathon in China over the ...