China’s Robot Half Marathon Was More Than a Stunt

China’s humanoid robot half marathon showed real gains in speed and autonomy, even if the race still revealed clear technical limits.

In a race between humans and robots, machines take the victory in a sign of advancements

BEIJING — It was not even close as a bright red Chinese humanoid named “Lightning” lived up to its name in a half-marathon pitting humans against robots, smoking its competition on Sunday

Could this robot race become the next Boston Marathon?

Just 15 runners lined up at the starting line for the first Boston Marathon in 1897. David Grilk hopes to get nearly that many robots to participate in a race he’s planning for Sunday, April 19, in Boston’s Seaport.