Shandian completed the 21-kilometer (around 13-mile) course in Beijing's Yizhuang district with a time of 50:26, while Lightning achieved a time of 48:19.
Both times were faster than the human record for the distance set by Uganda's Jacob Kiplimo, who ran a time of 57:20 at the Lisbon Half Marathon in March.
20 Comments
JeeBaiChow@lemmy.world · 34 pts · 124d
Meanwhile the us is building a ballroom and fucking up the rest of the world.
agingelderly@lemmy.world · 19 pts · 124d
Trump trying to build coal burning robots
floofloof@lemmy.ca · 6 pts · 123d
Inadvertent MAGA steampunk.
redsand@infosec.pub · 7 pts · 124d
China is still an Orwellian dream. Just a more serious one.
MadMadBunny@lemmy.ca · 4 pts · 123d
He’s building a nuclear bunker under the ballroom.
hank_the_tank66@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 123d
There is definitely already a nuclear bunker in the white house. Maybe it wasn't gold enough for him.
Quexotic@infosec.pub · 1 pts · 123d
I'd read somewhere that it had needed upgrading for some time, but I'm thinking trump might actually need it with the kind of stuff he's doing right now.
hperrin@lemmy.ca · 31 pts · 124d
Well, yeah. And a car can too.
etherphon@piefed.world · 15 pts · 123d
Jomega@lemmy.world · 26 pts · 124d
No shit? Machines don't get tired.
Bustedknuckles@lemmy.world · 31 pts · 124d
Shows the battery packs can last - that's something. I remember when the Boston dynamics bots needed to be wired
Nomad@infosec.pub · 5 pts · 123d
They have internal combustion engines for power. Would be interesting what power source they brought.
renegadespork@lemmy.jelliefrontier.net · 23 pts · 123d
I cannot think of a non-hostile application for this.
Like who tf cares that a machine can run a marathon? The only reason marathons are a thing is because they are difficult for humans to do, and the ones who do display a feat of perseverance.
We’ve had self-propelled vehicles for hundreds of years that are way more efficient, so it’s not about transportation. The only practical application I can think of is to make robots that can chase down humans.
sparkyshocks@lemmy.zip · 13 pts · 123d
It's for showing off the engineering. Lots of robotics competitions focus on different things (throwing balls, kicking soccer balls, moving fast), but BattleBots is definitely the one I'd be most worried about advancing a dangerous line of killer tech.
A humanoid bipedal foot race shows off balance, speed, power efficiency, and things like that.
Suck_on_my_Presence@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 124d
I mean the robot is cool, but the human runner beat the world record by 7 minutes??? That is insane!
CoopaLoopa@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 15 pts · 123d
Shandian and Lightning are both robots. One was autonomous and one was remote controlled.
The article doesn't mention anything about the times run by humans.
Suck_on_my_Presence@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 123d
Whoops! My reading comprehension is garbage lately
Rhaedas@fedia.io · 4 pts · 124d
Great, so both four- and two-legged versions are faster than humans.
medem@lemmy.wtf · 3 pts · 124d
What.for.
hanrahan@slrpnk.net · 2 pts · 124d
last year was a disaster,they have improved ! and wow, the battery life.
magnue@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 124d
Next in: spinbot beats pro gamer in 1v1.
itkovian@lemmy.world · 0 pts · 124d