A Historic Moment Beating Usain Bolt... With a Stretcher Included

The second World Humanoid Robot Games is currently underway in China.

Kicking off on August 22 and running through August 26, the event features 666 teams and 2,056 robots from 16 countries competing in technical showdowns across 1,301 matches in 51 events.

At this competition, the humanoid robot "Tiangong Ultra" crossed the finish line in the 100-meter preliminaries with a time of 9.39 seconds.

This is 0.19 seconds faster than human track athlete Usain Bolt's 100-meter world record of 9.58 seconds set in 2009.

Another robot, "Lightning," also crossed the finish line in 9.47 seconds, clocking a faster time than Bolt.

However, alongside the astonishing records, challenges that still need to be addressed during the competition were also exposed.

After crossing the finish line, the robots lost their balance and crashed onto protective mats, and they were also captured being loaded onto stretchers with human assistance and carried off the arena.

(Produced by SBS Digital News | Reported by Yang Hyun-yi | Video Editing by Jang Yu-jin | Design by Lee Jung-joo)
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