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Robot runners beat humans in Beijing half-marathon (www.dw.com)
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Shandian completed the 21-kilometer (around 13-mile) course in Beijing's Yizhuang district with a time of 50:26, while Lightning achieved a time of 48:19.

Both times were faster than the human record for the distance set by Uganda's Jacob Kiplimo, who ran a time of 57:20 at the Lisbon Half Marathon in March.

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[โ€“] Bustedknuckles@lemmy.world 31 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Shows the battery packs can last - that's something. I remember when the Boston dynamics bots needed to be wired

[โ€“] Nomad@infosec.pub 5 points 1 day ago

They have internal combustion engines for power. Would be interesting what power source they brought.