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Robot Beats Bolt: ‘Lightning’ Smashes 100m Human World Record at Beijing Humanoid Robot Games
  • August 23, 2026
Robot Beats Bolt: ‘Lightning’ Smashes 100m Human World Record at Beijing Humanoid Robot Games

A humanoid robot named Lightning, built by Honor, ran 100m in 9.32 seconds at the Beijing World Humanoid Robot Games, breaking Usain Bolt’s 9.58s human world record with a peak speed of 14.5 m/s. The 400m record also fell on opening day — inside the robot boom’s wildest year yet.

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