Robot don run pass human for 100m race. For World Humanoid Robot Games wey dey China, one humanoid robot finish 100m for 9.39 seconds. This one pass Usain Bolt im world record of 9.58 seconds wey e set for 2009 for World Athletics Championships for Berlin. Bolt na eight-time Olympic gold medallist. The robot wey win na from Beijing Innovation Centre of Humanoid Robotics, and e beat two other robots, including the one from Chinese phone maker Honor.
Honor say their own robot, wey dem call Lightning, run 9.32 seconds for test run. Lightning reach peak speed of 14.5 metres per second for preparatory test event for the games wey open for Beijing on Saturday. This one also pass Bolt record.
China dey promote humanoid robots as strategic emerging industry. Policymakers and companies dey bet say advances for AI and hardware go accelerate deployment for manufacturing, logistics, and consumer applications.
Lightning also don win the 21km Beijing half marathon for April. E finish am for 50 minutes and 26 seconds, wey faster than elite men’s human world-record pace. For that race, the robot stand 169cm tall with 95cm legs. Since then, researchers don lengthen im legs by 10cm to 1.05 metres before the World Humanoid Robot Games, according to CCTV.
Other events for the robot games wey start on Saturday include boxing, football, and household tasks like folding laundry. The BBC’s China correspondent Laura Bicker dey report from Beijing.
