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Humanoid robots beat human records in the 100m, half-marathon, and high jump

https://www.reuters.com/sports/chinese-humanoid-robot-lightning-beats-human-100m-world-record-state-media-says-2026-08-22/
4•tazlor•49m ago

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tazlor•49m ago
And also the 400m and 1500m.

In the 100-meter sprint, a humanoid robot achieved a result of 9.39 seconds, beating the human record of 9.58 seconds set by Jamaica's Bolt in 2009.

In a standing high jump [note: no running start or fosbury flop], a humanoid robot was able to reach 2.88 meters, well above the 0.95-meter best result by a humanoid in last year's first edition of the games. It surpassed the human high jump record of 2.45 meters set by Cuba's Javier Sotomayor in 1993.

Both robots were from Beijing-based X-Humanoid.

Before the opening, a humanoid robot from Chinese smartphone company Honor completed a 100-meter sprint in a record of 9.32 seconds during a trial of the games, the company said, at a peak speed of 14.5 meters per second.

Video of 400m and 1500m: https://v.redd.it/711tzveka5lh1

Video of high jump: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aoqG2wlzRAM

totallygeeky•8m ago
I don't understand why we're supposed to be impressed by these achievements. We've made mechanical things that can outdo humans for decades, putting it into the form factor of humanoid does nothing for it.

AWS Powers PyPI and the PSF – The Python Package Index Blog

https://blog.pypi.org/posts/2026-08-14-how-aws-powers-pypi-and-the-psf/
1•rbanffy•3m ago•0 comments

The Polars vs. SQL differences nobody is talking about – Quansight Labs

https://labs.quansight.org/blog/polars-vs-sql-differences
1•rbanffy•3m ago•0 comments

Sam Altman: we made a chip and it is fast

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The Artifact Is Free, Assurance Is the Product

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1•mooreds•4m ago•0 comments

MREA – Open-source governance framework for multi-role AI agents

https://github.com/JairValle/mrea-framework
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Remixatron – recreates Infinite Jukebox on the command line

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Seeking Work – Slovakia (EU) – Remote – US/EU Hours

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AI, IPv6, and the future Internet at IETF 126

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1•m_montazeri•12m ago•0 comments

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2•fortran77•12m ago•1 comments

The New York Times is publishing AI slop

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3•paulpauper•13m ago•0 comments

IPv4.art: every IP is a pixel

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1•904am•14m ago•0 comments

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2•anonymousiam•15m ago•0 comments

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1•patronusprotect•17m ago•0 comments

Dan Sullivan Endorses Dan Sullivan to Beat Dan Sullivan in Alaska Senate Race

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1•yurivish•17m ago•0 comments

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Slack Code

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1•nthypes•19m ago•1 comments

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2•ashsyngh•21m ago•0 comments

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Ask HN: Anyone in Legal Tech Here?

1•bgajjela•22m ago•0 comments

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Is spending 10 hours marketing a 45-minute project a waste of time?

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A Free ASCII Table

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1•paulpauper•24m ago•0 comments

Codeberg TOS Now Rejects Predominantly AI Repos

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Anyone in Legal Tech Here?

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Those Dangerous Bagels

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Run SDK: secure eval for your agents

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