BEIJING: A week after his robot outran humanity’s fastest man, Jack Guo is already chasing a harder goal. TianGong Ultra stunned spectators at the World Humanoid Robot Games when it covered 100 meters in 8.64 seconds, almost a full second faster than Usain Bolt’s world record. Behind the feat were days of round-the-clock testing and…
World Humanoid Games feature robots competing in athletic events Kurt Knutsson, ‘The CyberGuy’, joins ‘Fox & Friends’ to showcase the World Humanoid Games in Beijing, China. Over 2,000 robots and 600 teams from 16 countries compete in athletic competitions including sprinting, boxing, and soccer. Knutsson discusses how the U.S.-China tech race is expanding into humanoid…
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! The world’s fastest man record was shattered on the first day of the World Humanoid Robot Games in Beijing on Saturday. Jamaican Usain Bolt’s 100-meter dash record of 9.58 set in 2009 was edged by a Beijing-based X-Humanoid robot named Lightning Bolt, which ran 100 meters at…
A girl holds the hand of a remote-controlled robot by Unitree Robotics while visiting the Unitree Robotics Embodied Intelligence Experience Center in Shanghai’s Jing’ an district. (AFP pic) HANGZHOU: A horde of schoolchildren watched excitedly as a diminutive humanoid tour guide named Wuji welcomed them to a robot school in eastern China, gesticulating theatrically as…
Sen Bernie Moreno proposes ban on Chinese EVs amid surveillance threat Sen. Bernie Moreno, R-Ohio, introduces the bipartisan Connected Vehicle Security Act of 2026, aiming to effectively block Chinese-made electric vehicles from the U.S. market. Moreno warns against these vehicles, saying they could potentially allow remote control and pose significant national security threats. He emphasizes…
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Pudu Robotics has announced what it calls the first “full-scenario robot-serviced hotel.” The project will use robots across the entire guest experience, from reception and room service to cleaning, food preparation and guest support. The hotel is set to open in 2027, with trial rooms and robot-powered…
Most of my time as a writer is spent bemoaning the current state of college football or breaking down obscure scenes from “The Sopranos” that no one has thought about for 20 years, but occasionally I like to stray from my lanes and venture into some weird territory. One vertical I have found myself occupying…
Humanoid robot breaks half-marathon record A humanoid robot, ‘Lightning,’ shattered the Beijing half-marathon world record this weekend, completing the race in just 50 minutes and 26 seconds, 13 miles faster than any human. Cyber expert Kurt Knutsson warns this massive leap in artificial intelligence, along with Tesla’s Optimus robot, necessitates a universal ‘off button’ and…
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! A Chinese-built humanoid robot beat the human half-marathon world record in Beijing on Sunday, marking a breakthrough moment in a high-stakes global race for technological dominance. A robot developed by Chinese smartphone maker Honor completed the 21-kilometer (13-mile) race in 50 minutes and 26 seconds, beating the…
An elderly woman was taken to hospital in Macau after being “frightened” by a humanoid robot that abruptly appeared behind her before it was escorted away by police, prompting social media users to joke it had been “arrested”. According to authorities, the woman, who was on her phone at the time, was startled when she…