Humanoid robot jumps 7.97m, nearing human world record
rohanpaul_ai · x · 2026-08-25
Team Tianjiao's humanoid robot won gold at the 2nd World Humanoid Robot Games in Beijing with a 7.97-meter long jump, just 0.98 meters shy of Mike Powell's 8.95m human world record. This marks a massive improvement from the 1.25-meter best recorded for robots in 2025.
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