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Robot runners beat humans in Beijing half-marathon (www.dw.com)
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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.

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[–] 14 points 6 months ago (1 child)

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.

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