RoboticsIEEE Spectrumabout 5 hours ago
The Secret to Marathon-Winning Humanoid Robots
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On April 19, 2026, the Honor Lightning humanoid robot ran a half-marathon in 50 minutes and 26 seconds. That time beat the human world record by 7 minutes and the best 2025 robot time by almost two hours. The author, whose doctoral thesis involved building running robots, analyzed how the robot achieved this performance.
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