According to E-Town, the race will be the first time that human and humanoid robots complete a full-session half marathon together. Last October, a humanoid robot known as Tiangong joined the last ...

China is all prepped to host the world’s first half marathon with 12,000 human participants and bipedal robots—or humanoid robots that can walk on two legs, similar to humans—from over 20 companies.

Beijing Economic-Technological Development Area China is preparing to host the world's first half-marathon, where human runners will go head-to-head with humanoid robots. Scheduled for April ...

China will host the world's first half-marathon race between humans and robots. Dozens of humanoid robots are expected to join the 21km (13-mile) race in Beijing in April, according to local media.

Last year, Tiangong joined the Beijing Yizhuang Half Marathon ... particularly in mimicking human-like movements. Robots can be remote-controlled or fully autonomous, and teams are allowed ...

Forget about whether robots can outperform humans at their jobs, China wants to answer the bigger question on everyone's minds: can the machines beat their flesh-and-blood creators in a half ...

China will host the world's first half-marathon race between humans and robots. Dozens of humanoid robots are expected to join the 21km (13-mile) race in Beijing in April, according to local media.