Chinese robot Tiangong runs 100 meters in under 9 seconds in Beijing
China's Tiangong Ultra humanoid robot ran 100 meters in 8.86 seconds in a semifinal at the World Humanoid Robot Games in Beijing on Tuesday, improving on the 9.39-second time it set in an opening day heat.
Eduardo Baptista/Reuters
August 25, 2026
A Tiangong Omni humanoid robot competes during a 100m small-size group preliminary race, at the 2026 World Humanoid Robot Games at the National Speed Skating Oval in Beijing, China, August 25, 2026.
Tingshu Wang/Reuters
China's Tiangong Ultra humanoid robot ran 100 metres in 8.86 seconds in a semifinal at the World Humanoid Robot Games in Beijing on Tuesday, improving on the 9.39-second time it set in an opening day heat.
The robot, developed by the Beijing Humanoid Robot Innovation Centre, extended its lead over the 9.58-second men's world record set by Usain Bolt in 2009.
-Reporting by Eduardo Baptista; Editing by Alex Richardson/Reuters
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