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There’ll be huffing and puffing, and probably a fair amount of creaking and clattering, too. We’re talking about the first-ever long-distance running race between robots and humans, which is set to ...

Twenty-one humanoid robots joined thousands of runners at the Yizhuang half-marathon in Beijing on Saturday, the first time machines have raced alongside humans over a 21-km (13-mile) course. The ...

TL;DR: In a groundbreaking event, 12,000 humans will race against bipedal robots in a long-distance competition where the use of wheels is prohibited. What's the point of creating a humanoid robot if ...

We caught up with Field during Monterey Car Week, the day after we chatted with Field's boss, Ford CEO Jim Farley, all of which is a combination of serendipity and as 3 years earlier, at this same ...

The event aims to showcase advancements in humanoid robotics and AI. Robots must be humanoid without wheels; both remote-controlled and autonomous entries are allowed. Experienced runners will tell ...

STORY: Humanoid robots raced against humans for the first time in a half-marathon in China’s Beijing on Saturday. The robots were accompanied by human trainers, who sometimes had to physically support ...

The NASCAR season kicked off this year with a race at the historic Bowman Gray Stadium, which had not seen a NASCAR Cup Series race since 1971. While the parking lot paddock behind the fieldhouse ...

BARSTOW, Calif. - Looks like we won't see robot driver's licenses issued anytime soon. All 15 self-navigating vehicles in a 150-mile race across the Mojave Desert were knocked out within a few miles ...

The winning robot finished the race in two hours and 40 minutes Michael Nied has been a digital news editor with PEOPLE since 2025. He has previously been published by Just Jared, PopCrush, Idolator ...