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- Tiangong Ultra ran the 100-meter sprint in 8.64 seconds at the World Humanoid Robot Games in Beijing, compared to Usain Bolt's human world record of 9.58 seconds.
- The internet laughed at the robots' "awkward, lurching finishes" at the Beijing competition.
Why it matters: At the World Humanoid Robot Games in Beijing, Tiangong Ultra's 8.64-second 100m sprint beat Usain Bolt's 9.58-second human world record by 0.94 seconds. The nearly one-second gap over the fastest human ever recorded is a concrete data point for China's humanoid robotics capabilities.
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