"Lightning finished the 13-mile race in Beijing in just 50 minutes and 26 seconds, less than half the time of last year's fastest robot, which took two hours and 40 minutes."
"The fastest human runner this year finished almost twenty minutes behind Lightning, with a time of one hour, seven minutes, and 47 seconds, but no humans made the podium."
"According to the Associated Press, the second and third place robots were other autonomous Lightning models that finished with times of 51 minutes and 53 minutes, respectively."
Lightning, an autonomous robot, completed a 13-mile race in Beijing in 50 minutes and 26 seconds, significantly faster than last year's fastest robot. Developed by Honor, Lightning mimics elite human runners with its leg design and incorporates liquid cooling technology. It not only won the race, beating 12,000 human competitors, but also surpassed the human world record. This year, 300 robots participated, with Lightning robots taking the top three spots, while the fastest human finished nearly twenty minutes behind.
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