Chinese humanoid robot runs 100m in 9.39 seconds, breaking world record
JFPuget · x · 2026-08-23
A humanoid robot developed by Beijing Innovation Center of Humanoid Robotics ran 100 meters in 9.39 seconds, beating Usain Bolt's human world record. Comments suggest this likely involves hand-engineered control systems attached to accelerometers, pushing classical control theory to its limits with modern computing speed.
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