00:00Who knew robots have end-zone moves, and breakdancing moves, and can whip humans in a footrace?
00:05What a time to be alive!
00:07The World Humanoid Robot Games, commonly referred to as the Robot Olympics,
00:11just concluded its second annual event in Beijing.
00:14Held from August 22nd to August 26th, 2026, at the National Speed Skating Oval,
00:20the massive event brought together 2,056 humanoid robots from 666 teams, representing 16 countries.
00:27The game served as a thrilling public showcase of embodied AI, proving how rapidly machines are evolving.
00:33In the final event, a humanoid robot clocked a blistering 8.64-second 100-meter sprint,
00:40beating Usain Bolt's legendary human record of 9.58 seconds by nearly a second.
00:45In another, a robot cleared a height of 2.88 meters, roughly 9.4 feet,
00:51soaring past the human high-jump world record of 2.45 meters set by Javier Sotomayor.
00:57Are we now talking about human records?
00:59Yes, we are.
