Japanese media continues to report on the Beijing humanoid robot marathon
Japanese media have been continuously covering the "Half-Marathon Humanoid Robot Race" held in Beijing on April 19th in recent days.
AMEMA News: The world's largest humanoid robot marathon is taking place in China. Since the first edition last year, race records have been significantly broken, with the champion surpassing the human world record.
ANN reporter Ozaki reporting live: "Media personnel from around the world are here. The robots are running incredibly fast—they vanish in the blink of an eye, speeding past us at lightning speed."
Over 100 teams from China, Germany, France, and other countries participated in the humanoid robot half-marathon held in Beijing on the 19th. During the event, some people ran alongside the robots, testing who could run faster.
Reporter Fumisaka said: "I wanted to run with them too, but I was overtaken instantly."
The winning team was affiliated with Chinese smartphone manufacturer Honor, which has bases in Beijing and Shenzhen. Their winning time was 50 minutes and 26 seconds.
Last year’s inaugural champion recorded a time of 2 hours and 40 minutes and 42 seconds. This year’s result drastically broke the previous record and even surpassed the human marathon world record.
Competing team: "We are very satisfied with the outcome. We hope this robot can serve more families and consumers in the future."
Human marathon runner: "I'm glad I got to run alongside a robot. When it passed me, it was so fast that I felt I couldn’t catch up. Humans run marathons for health and to challenge our physical limits—it's a competitive sport. The main purpose of robot marathons is to test cutting-edge technology."
In China, the humanoid robot industry is rapidly expanding under government support, with the market size expected to exceed 20 billion RMB this year—approximately 460 billion JPY.
Original article: toutiao.com/article/1862945001403467/
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