Feature: Robots, go. World's first humanoid half marathon heralds new era of intelligence

BEIJING, April 19 (Xinhua) -- As the starter pistols sounded on Saturday morning, history was made. On the outskirts of Beijing, servos hummed and joints whirred as 20 bipedal robots bolted from the starting line, kicking off the world's first humanoid robot half marathon.

For the very first time, humanoid machines stepped onto a long-distance race track to compete alongside human runners, blurring the line betw