Chinese robot runs 100m sprint quicker than Usain Bolt’s world record

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  • Honor’s self-developed humanoid ⁠robot clocks 9.32sec

  • Quicker than ​9.58sec men’s world record set 17 years ago

Chinese ⁠smartphone maker Honor’s self-developed humanoid ⁠robot Lightning ⁠ran ​the 100m in 9.32 seconds, ⁠beating the human world ⁠record, China’s ​state broadcaster ‌reported.

The humanoid ‌reached a peak speed of 14.5 meters per second during ‌a preparatory test event for ​the second World Humanoid Robot Games, which ⁠begin on Saturday.

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