Last Sunday, at the Beijing E-Town Half Marathon, a red humanoid robot of a type named Lightning finished the course in 50 minutes and 26 seconds—faster than the human world record. Its long legs were ...

A humanoid robot aptly named Lightning made history on the streets of Beijing over the weekend, beating the human half-marathon world record by several minutes. Dozens of robots lined up for the ...

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BEIJING (AP) — A humanoid robot that won a half-marathon race for robots in Beijing on Sunday ran faster than the human world record in a show of China's technological leaps. The winner from Honor, a ...

The android won a race featuring robots and humans on Sunday in Beijing, achieving a technological milestone while finishing faster than any person in history. By Adeel Hassan It didn’t have to ...

First lady Melania Trump walked side by side with a sleek, black-and-white faceless figure Wednesday during an education summit she hosted at the White House. Despite its appearance, it wasn’t an ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Melania Trump often commands the attention of any room she enters but all eyes — and cameras — were trained on her humanoid companion on Wednesday. The robot accompanied the first ...

Robby the chef has lots of endearing qualities. He can make over 5000 dishes, he's a consistent cook, and he's never late for work. But he's not a human. It is a 750 lb. stainless steel robot. With a ...

Mind Robotics, an industrial robotics lab spun out of the electric vehicle maker Rivian, has raised $500 million in a Series A funding round co-led by venture firms Accel and Andreessen Horowitz. The ...

The Robot Phone has a robotic camera that can track subjects as they move around. Honor also launched the Magic V6, its latest foldable smartphone. The releases come against the ongoing shortage of ...

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On Jan. 15, 2026, Michael Hanaway, M.D., surgical director of the Kidney Transplant Program at University of Alabama at Birmingham, and Muhammad Rabbani, M.D., assistant professor in the Division of ...