News Summary

• The winning runner at a Beijing half-marathon for humanoid robots finished the race today in 50 minutes and 26 seconds.
• The winning time is significantly faster than the human world record of 57 minutes recently set by Jacob Kiplimo.
• This year’s winner was built by Chinese smartphone maker Honor.
• It seems the winning robot wasn’t actually the fastest, as a different Honor robot finished in 48 minutes and 19 seconds.
• But that one was remote controlled — the 50:26 robot was autonomous and won due to weighted scoring.