Honor Robot Shatters Half-Marathon Record

0:00A humanoid robot from Chinese smartphone maker honor just shattered the human world record for a half marathon, clocking 21 kilometers in, Beijing in just 50 minutes and 26 seconds. That time smoked last year's robot winner, which took over two hours and 40 minutes to finish the same distance, showing massive leaps in robot, tech from one year to the next. Spectators were blown away, with one dad telling his son it felt like enormous changes since last year, and families saying robots stole the show from. Human runners hinting at a whole new era. Even with some stumbles like bots falling at the start, or hitting barriers, the autonomous honor robot took the crown under the event's scoring rules. While a faster remote control version came close at 48 minutes and 19 seconds. China's pushing hard on this stuff as part of its five-year plan to lead in humanoid robots, eyeing tech transfers to industries and ramping up against global rivals, so expect these metal marathoners to keep outpacing us soon.

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