A robot beat Usain Bolt's 100-meter record
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Two robots ran the 100-meter sprint faster than Usain Bolt’s 9.58-second world record. A Tiangong Ultra robot, developed by the Beijing Humanoid Robot Innovation Center, finished in 9.39 seconds, while Honor’s Lightning robot finished at 9.47 seconds.
Usain Bolt's 100m world record of 9.58 seconds, which was set in 2009 at the World Championships in Berlin, still stands as the fastest sprint in history. Despite advancements in track surfaces, footwear, and athlete conditioning, no one has run faster in ...