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China Is Hosting The World’s First Foot Race Between Humans and Robots

Noor Al-Sibai

created: Jan. 26, 2025, 2 p.m. | updated: March 19, 2025, 5:36 p.m.

<p>Track Star In the race to build the best humanoid robots, China is quite literally ahead of the pack. As the South China Morning Post reports, the Beijing Economic-Technological Development Area, or E-Town is hosting 12,000 humans and humanoid robots from more than 20 companies in a half-marathon race this April. The race will be roughly 13 miles, and robotic comeptitors cannot have wheels and must stand between 1.5 and 6.5 feet tall. In a statement, E-Town added that "competing robots must have a humanoid appearance and mechanical structure capable of bipedal walking or running movements." Though this seems to be […]</p>

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