Photos: Humanoid robots stumbled for a half-marathon in Beijing

More than 12,000 people and 21 humanoid robots met in Beijing on Saturday morning to participate in a half-marathon.

Yes, robots.

Machine fought the muscles out of 13 miles during the half-marathon of the city of the city of Beijing 2025 and Semi-marathon humanoid robotWho, according to the organizers, was the first of its kind.

The participating robots ran into a separate path of humans and came to different designs.

Robotics Noetix showed the N2, a humanoid robot over 40 pounds about 3 feet high. ROBOTICS Entering its G1 model, which weighs nearly 80 pounds and measures more than 4 feet high. Another robot in the course of racing included a woman’s face. Engineers or human managers accompanied robots.

THE The people’s government of the Beijing municipality said on his website that robotic marathonists have followed “intensive training”, including “endurance exercises at the end of the evening”, before the race.

At a March press conference, Li Quan, deputy chief of the Beijing economic-technological development area, said the robots had received about three and a half hours to complete the course.

He added that robots could win prizes in three categories: the completion of the race, the best endurance and the most popular robot.

Although the human-humanoid half-marathon is a feat, not all robots accessed on occasion. Images Obtained by Reuters showed that a robot falling on the starting line while another crashed into a balustrade and sent its human operator to the ground.

According to the Wall Street Journal, a robot entitled “Huanhuan” has sometimes run in the wrong direction before sitting on the ground and refusing to stand up.

A robot rose above the rest: Tien Kung Ultra, designed by the humanoid robot innovation center in Beijing, has become the first humanoid robot to cross the finish line in 2 hours and 40 minutes, the newspaper reported.

Li said he hoped that the event would be recognized as more than a fun show of the weekend.

“We hope that this event will not only present achievements in the humanoid robotics industry, but will also arouse discussions and will deepen public understanding of robots, which will help accelerate the development of industry,” he said in March.

Technological developments, such as AI, have enabled humanoid robots to evolve in recent years. Some companies love Mercedes-Benz and BMW have even combined humanoid robots companies to test robots on factory lines, although very few of these robots have been deployed worldwide.

Some in the technology sector consider that China is ahead of the United States in the race for humanoid robots, pointing events like the Gala of the Spring 2025 Festival in Beijing, which featured 16 Humanoid robots Developed by Unitree, a Chinese company, dancing to traditional folk music with a choreography developed alongside human dancers.

Tesla CEO, Elon Musk, whose company manufactures its own humanoid robotsaid once he believed Humanoids would go beyond humans by 2040.