On April 19th, there was a half-marathon race for human-shaped robots in Beijing. The winner ran faster than the human world record, showing China’s growing technological power.
 　The race took place in the Beijing Economic- Technological Development Area. The winning robot was built by Honor, a Chinese smartphone maker. It completed the 21-kilometer race in 50 minutes and 26 seconds. That beat the human world record held by Uganda’s Jacob Kiplimo, who finished the same distance in about 57 minutes in March at the Lisbon road race.
 　This was a huge improvement from last year’s first-ever robot half-marathon. Last year, the winning robot finished in 2 hours, 40 minutes and 42 seconds.
 　A robot served as a traffic officer to direct the runners with its arm movements and voice. About 40% of the robots navigated the course on their own using internal sensors and software, while the rest were remotely controlled.
 　Speeding up the development of products like humanoid robots and their applications is part of China’s national plan for 2026-2030.

　4 月19日，北京舉辦一場人形機器人半程馬拉松比賽。冠軍選手的速度超越了人類世界紀錄，展現了中國日益增長的科技實力。
　這場比賽在北京經濟技術開發區舉行。獲得冠軍的機器人是由中國智慧型手機製造商「榮耀」打造，以50 分26 秒的成績完成這場21公里的半馬比賽。它打破了人類世界紀錄保持者——烏干達長跑好手基普利莫的紀錄；基普利莫在3 月的里斯本半馬賽中，花了大約57分鐘跑完相同距離。
　和去年的首屆半馬機器人比賽相比，這場比賽的冠軍機器人表現顯著進步。去年的冠軍機器人花了2 小時40 分42 秒，才跑完比賽。
　比賽過程中，有一個機器人擔任交通指揮員，透過手勢和語音引導跑者。大約40% 的參賽機器人利用內建的感測器與軟體自主導航，其餘的機器人則由遠端控制。
　加速研發人形機器人及相關應用產品，是中國大陸2026 年到2030 年國家計畫中的一環。