Tens of thousands will run and walk on May 3, and thousands will watch and cheer them on during the race. INDIANAPOLIS — The ...

While flesh-and-blood participants followed conventional rules, the 20 teams fielding machines in the Humanoid Robot Half-Marathon competed under tailored guidelines, which included battery swap pit ...

For the 21 st year running, people had the choice to run or walk the Gristmill Grinder Half Marathon or the 5K Fun Walk. Donnie Hudspeth is the race director. He told 59News the half marathon is ...

Another’s head fell off and rolled on the ground. And one collapsed and broke into pieces. In what was billed as the world’s first half-marathon for androids, just four out of 21 robotic runners ...

The 2025 Shanghai Half Marathon kicked off in Pudong New Area on April 20, attracting around 15,000 domestic and international runners. Japanese runner Seto Yoshio praised the event’s services ...

The 2025 Shanghai Half Marathon kicks off on April 20. [Photo provided to China Daily] Passionate international runners participating in the 2025 Shanghai Half Marathon, which concluded on Sunday ...

Step by mechanical step, dozens of humanoid robots took to the streets of Beijing early Saturday, joining thousands of their flesh-and-blood counterparts in a world-first half marathon showcasing ...

BEIJING—Metal met asphalt in a half-marathon that featured thousands of human runners—and 21 Chinese humanoid robot models. Saturday’s road race involving human runners and a score of robots ...

The human winner of the half-marathon made the time of one hour and two minutes. “I don’t want to boast but no other robotics firms in the West have matched Tiangong’s sporting ...

A robot takes part in the humanoid robot half marathon in Beijing on April 19, 2025 - Copyright AFP Pedro Pardo A robot takes part in the humanoid robot half marathon ...

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It does not necessarily reflect the view of The Herald. In one small step for robot-kind – thousands of them, really – humanoid robots ran alongside actual humans in a half-marathon in the Chinese ...