Name: What would it take for a humanoid robot to complete a half marathon, and why should we care?
Uploaded: 2026-04-18T14:33:47+08:00
Duration: 1 min 36 s
Description: What does it actually take for a humanoid robot to run a half marathon completely on its own? And why should anyone outside of robotics care about these machines jogging around Beijing? Our reporter Zhu Mandan's 1-minute explainer tells you why the 2026

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What does it actually take for a humanoid robot to run a half marathon completely on its own? And why should anyone outside of robotics care about these machines jogging around Beijing? Our reporter Zhu Mandan's 1-minute explainer tells you why the 2026 Beijing Humanoid Half Marathon is one of the hardest tech challenges on the planet.

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