BEIJING — A Chinese humanoid robot set a new 100-meter sprint record of 8.86 seconds in Beijing on Tuesday, beating its robot competitors — and the fastest recorded human time.
\n\nThe race was part of China’s World Humanoid Robot Games, an Olympic-style competition now in its second year in Beijing. The event is also a showcase for China’s rapid advances in robotics amid an intensifying technology rivalry with the U.S.
\n\nThe Tiangong Ultra humanoid robot beat its own record of 9.39 seconds it had set just three days earlier at the event’s opening on Saturday.
\n\nHumanoid robot beats Usain Bolt's 100-meter record
\n\nFor comparison, the men’s 100-meter world record is 9.58 seconds, set by Jamaican sprinter Usain Bolt in 2009.
\n\nExperts are amazed to see such progress in the humanoid robot industry.
\n\n“This is a significant milestone — not simply because the robot ran faster than a human, but because of what it takes to make a bipedal robot run at this speed,” said Dennis Hong, a professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering at the University of California, Los Angeles.
\n\n“As speed increases, balance, control, impacts, actuator performance and mechanical robustness all become much more challenging,” Hong said.
\n\nThe record-breaking…
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