A robot sprinter broke another 100-meter record on Wednesday at a showcase of China’s growing technological prowess.The record ended China’s five-day World Humanoid Robot Games, in its second year in Beijing,

Viral videos of the World Humanoid Robot Games show sprinting robots beating the human 100-meter record held by Usain Bolt—but also feature running robots crashing into barriers and falling down because they cannot readily stop running. A few fallen robots even break at the waist in a shower of sparks or catch on fire.

About 20 student teams will race to build and test a robot in six hours during the Viet Cultural Fest at NRG Park on Sept. 12.

A Chinese humanoid robot ran 100 meters in 9.39 seconds, beating Usain Bolt’s 9.58-second world record at Beijing robot games.

BEIJING, Aug 22 (Reuters) - It’s been called the Robot Olympics. But unlike the human Olympics, Team China is collecting almost all the medals. Over the past decade, robotic competitions in China have provided a window into the advances of a now-surging sector – and the importance of its success as a strategic industry singled out by President Xi Jinping.

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Physical Intelligence cofounder Sergey Levine said US robotics research relies on outsourcing cheap but reliable parts from China.

The floor of the Lion Tree Arena at UC San Diego became a workspace and provided the performance pits for 51 teams competing in the regional tournament. “We have an elevator system," said Demetrio Garza, 18, one of the supervising seniors on the Steel ...