Humanoid Endurance Outpaces Runners

A Chinese firm’s humanoid robots completed a public half‑marathon in roughly 50 minutes—faster than the recent human world record—and showed enormous year‑over‑year improvement from two hours forty minutes. About 40% of entrants ran autonomously and the event included both autonomous and remote‑controlled finishes, revealing real‑world durability, control, and energy improvements in bipedal robots. — Rapid gains in humanoid endurance turn robotics from lab demos into public, economic, and regulatory issues — affecting jobs, public safety, sporting rules, and national tech competition.