Humanoid robots are Silicon Valley’s latest obsession, but real-world performance has lagged the hype.
This is changing as a robot built by a Chinese company beat the human record for a half marathon by nearly seven minutes eclipsing the benchmark set by Ugandan long-distance runner Jacob Kiplimo.
The growing sophistication of the robots’ control software is perhaps one of the strongest shifts.
Yet, the technology is not bulletproof. One robot ran into a barricade and had to be carried off on a stretcher. But the gap between humanoid robots and human athletes has closed faster than anyone expected and Chinese start-ups are market leaders
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