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Humanoid robots show rapid advances as they race past humans in Beijing half marathon

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Winning robot runs faster time than Jacob Kiplimo’s world recordMore than 100 robots run in parallel tracks to avoid collisions with humansThey can already carry the shopping, cook and clean. Now they can run and win half marathons.In perhaps the most unusual spectacle ever seen at the end of the 13.1-mile (21.1km) race, robots flew over the finish line ahead of the humans for the first time in Beijing on Sunday. And there wasn’t a bead of sweat in sight. Continue reading...

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