Alan Fern

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Artificial Intelligence

Beijing’s Humanoid Robot Marathon: A Glimpse of Progress, and the Long Road Ahead

April 20, 2025

A Humanoid robot called Tiangong crosses the finish line in the Beijing E-Town Humanoid Robot Half Marathon.

On April 19, 2025, Beijing’s Yizhuang district hosted a half-marathon unlike any other. Alongside 12,000 human runners, 21 humanoid robots…