Robots Race, Dance & Fight! Beijing Hosts World Humanoid Robot Games

Humanoid robots took center stage in Beijing as more than 2,000 robotic athletes competed in the World Humanoid Robot Games. The machines raced, played football, danced and battled in events testing speed, balance and coordination. One Chinese humanoid reportedly clocked 9.39 seconds in a 100-metre heat, faster than Usain Bolt’s 9.58-second human world record, though the conditions were not directly comparable.