An engineer prepares a humanoid robot for a half-marathon in Beijing on April 8. [Photo by Qi Yichao/China Daily] The world's first half-marathon featuring humanoid robots is set to begin at 7:30 am ...

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It's being considered the world's first humanoid robot half marathon, as machines versus man raced to the finish line. NBC News' Janis Mackey Frayer explains. April 23, 2025 ...

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In addition to about 12,000 living, breathing runners, this race also welcomed 21 humanoid robots to its start line. This half marathon, which took place in Beijing’s high-tech manufacturing hub ...

It's a bright spring morning in Hanover, Germany, and I'm on my way to meet a robot. I have been invited to see the G1, a humanoid robot built by Chinese firm, Unitree, at the Hannover Messe ...