Letter from China: Humanoid robots shatter human record, showcase autonomy at Beijing half marathon
by Zhou Zhou
BEIJING, April 19 (Xinhua) -- On a crisp Sunday morning, the starting gun rang out at an innovation zone on the southeastern outskirts of Beijing. More than 100 humanoid robotic runners clattered across the starting line, their servos humming with a staccato whir.
The novelty had worn thinner than it had been the previous April, when the first annual humanoid robot half marathon drew large cr