Fast running robots are fun, fueling the imagination with all manner of military or search-and-rescue scenarios. This may be the reason why so many different groups from Boston Dynamics to MIT have ...

Dog-like robots the likes of the Boston Dynamics Spot have been around for so long now that they don't scare us as much as they used to. Yet, I can't help getting shivers down my spine every time I ...

Last weekend, Sabastian Sawe set a new world record with a sub-2-hour marathon, but he isn't the only one raising the bar for runners. On 19 April, a robot from Chinese smartphone maker Honor ...

Last Sunday, at the Beijing E-Town Half Marathon, a red humanoid robot of a type named Lightning finished the course in 50 minutes and 26 seconds—faster than the human world record. Its long legs were ...

Humanoid robots outran the fastest human competitors while surpassing the human world record during a half-marathon event held in Beijing on April 19. The demonstration of fast-improving robotic speed ...