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Unitree’s H1 robot has recorded a peak sprint speed of 10 meters per second on an athletics track, approaching Usain Bolt’s average race speed of 10.44 meters per second, as Chinese manufacturers push bipedal locomotion toward the limits of human athletic performance.
Humanoid robots will compete in the world’s second half marathon for androids in Beijing, with teams aiming to dramatically improve performance and potentially challenge human running records.
Advances in humanoid robotics are pushing machines closer to elite human sprinting speeds. Researchers say new systems may soon approach or surpass the pace of the fastest human runners.