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What happened when robots raced humans in world-first half-marathon

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The Independent UK

Watch humans face robot competitors for first time in half marathon

Robots have competed against humans in a half marathon for the first time in China.

The Independent UK

Robots race against humans for first time in Chinese half-marathon

Not all the robots completed the race, but some humanoids wore running shoes

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Humans outrun robots at Beijing half-marathon

The humanoid robots were no match for human rivals as they made their half-marathon debut in the Chinese capital.

Al Jazeera

Humanoid Robots Stride Into The Future With World's First Half-marathon

Step by mechanical step, dozens of humanoid robots took to the streets of Beijing early Saturday, joining thousands of their flesh-and-blood counterparts in a world-first half marathon showcasing China's drive to lead the global race in cutting-edge technology.

International Business Times

Some manufacturing jobs will return to America only if AI-empowered robots do them—and that’s a good thing

Now is the time to go all-in on AI-enabled robotics and automation.

Fortune

Trump’s tariff policy is like Debashish Mohanty’s swing – unpredictable and accidental

Any minute now I'm expecting all hell to break loosePeople are crazy and times are strangeI'm locked in tight, I'm out of rangeI used to care, but things have changed.– Bob Dylan, Things Have Changed, Wonder BoysMaine revolver pehli baar uthaya hai…lekin itna jaanta hoon ki trigger dabane se goli…

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£45m for technology such as fruit picking robots and cow ‘Fitbits’ on farms

Farming minister Daniel Zeichner said grants will help farms to develop and implement technologies to boost food production, nature and profits.

Evening Standard

Belinda Chandra is the most surprising Doctor Who companion in decades

Opinion | Varada Sethu's Belinda just wants to go home –and that's a fascinating new direction for Doctor Who

Total Film

Hugging Face gets into the humanoid robot game with Pollen Robotics purchase

The purchase will see Hugging Face, best known for open-source AI models, selling hardware for the first time

Fortune

Who is new 'Doctor Who' companion Belinda Chandra? And where have we seen her before?

There's more to the latest 'Doctor Who' companion than initially meets the eye, as we find out in Doctor Who Season 2 Episode 1.

Space

Netflix's most surprising 100%-rated sci-fi series returns with gorgeous trailer

Love Death + Robots is back for more

What Is A Time Fracture? 'Doctor Who' Showrunner Teases Season 2's Huge Mystery

'Doctor Who' showrunner Russell T Davies chats about the ending of "The Robot Revolution," and what we can expect of the season-long mystery of Belinda Chandra.

Inverse

Move over Black Mirror season 7 — Netflix's best sci-fi anthology series gets release date that's surprisingly soon

Love Death and Robots Volume 4 comes out in mid-May

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PC Gamer

'Why just shoot your enemies when you can tear down the world around them?' Battle an endless cycle of evil machines in this FPS that features 'total environmental destruction'

Void/Breaker, from the maker of The Entropy Centre, pits you against an army of robots controlled by an all-seeing AI.

International Business Times

Expo 2025 In Japan: Five Things To Know

A multi-eyed mascot, a vast wooden Grand Ring, 160 countries and regions strutting their stuff, and robots and sushi galore: Expo 2025 begins Sunday in Osaka, Japan.

TechRadar

Netflix's Love, Death and Robots gets a new explosive and exciting teaser trailer

The award-winning animated series Love, Death and Robots returns on May 15.

The Conversation

AI isn’t what we should be worried about – it’s the humans controlling it

In 2014, Stephen Hawking voiced grave warnings about the threats of artificial intelligence.

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Fortune

Is the CEO of the humanoid startup Figure AI exaggerating his startup’s work with BMW?

A closer look at the details of humanoid activity at the automaker's U.S. factory reveals a decidedly more modest affair than some of the CEO's past comments seemed to suggest.

Motorsport

How robots are helping teams like Hendrick Motorsports make better, faster race cars

The age of tinkering and tuning to find the biggest performance advantage on track is nearly over as robots and digital tools become important crew mates.

Inverse

38 Years Later, Superman Just Rebooted Its Weirdest Bit of Canon

Lets talk about the Fortress and those Robots in the new clip from 'Superman.'

inkl

The Role of Precision Gears in Robotics and Automation

Despite rapid advances in robotics, many systems still face recurring performance issues. Sluggish response, jittery motion, and unexpected breakdowns continue to disrupt operations.

LiveScience

Watch this humanoid robot perform a side flip for the first time

Unitree's G1 demonstrates a new level of robotic agility with a complex movement following an AI software update.

Evening Standard

Copying ants could improve grip of robots, research suggests

A prototype ‘hairy gripper’ based on the mouths of ants has already been developed and tested.

LiveScience

Watch eerie video of humanoid robot 'army' marching naturally, thanks to a major AI upgrade

Figure 02's human-like gait is the product of the company's simulated reinforcement learning system, and is just the beginning of its plans to make its robots perform physical tasks more naturally.

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