Humanoid robot runs 100m in 9.39s, beating Usain Bolt's world record
Scobleizer · x · 2026-08-22
At the Robot Olympics, the Tien Kung humanoid robot finished the 100m race in 9.39 seconds, faster than Usain Bolt's human world record of 9.58s. The video is spreading widely on X as a landmark moment for embodied AI.
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