00:04The future of competitive sports may have just taken a dramatic turn.
00:09Chinese humanoid robots have reportedly broken records set by some of the greatest human athletes in history.
00:17The stunning performances came on the opening day of the World Humanoid Robot Games in Beijing.
00:24More than 2,000 humanoid robots are taking part in the five-day event.
00:29And what happened inside the arena immediately grabbed global attention.
00:34One humanoid robot completed the 100-meter sprint in just 9.39 seconds.
00:41That is faster than the human world record of 9.58 seconds set by Jamaican sprint legend Usain Bolt in
00:492009.
00:50But the sprint was only the beginning.
00:53Another robot delivered an even more extraordinary performance in the high jump.
00:58The 100-meter performance has become the headline moment of the games.
01:03A humanoid robot from Beijing-based X-Humanoid reportedly crossed the finish line in 9.39 seconds.
01:11That means the machine was 0.19 seconds faster than Bolt's long-standing human record.
01:19For comparison, Bolt's 9.58 second mark has stood since 2009.
01:25The robot's performance raises a remarkable question.
01:29Are humanoid machines beginning to outperform humans not just in industrial tasks but in physical competition?
01:37There was another record-breaking performance that was perhaps even more surprising.
01:42A humanoid robot reportedly cleared a standing high jump of 2.88 meters.
01:49That was far beyond the previous humanoid record at the games.
01:53And it also surpassed the best jump ever achieved by a human athlete.
01:58The robot reportedly reached a height of 2.88 meters in the standing high jump.
02:04That figure is extraordinary when compared with human performance.
02:08Cuba's Javier Sotomayor holds the human high jump world record at 2.45 meters set in 1993.
02:17The humanoid robot therefore cleared a height substantially above the human benchmark.
02:23It also represents a huge leap over the robots competing at last year's inaugural edition of the games.
02:29The best humanoid standing high jump result recorded there was reportedly just 0.95 meters.
02:37Now, in only the second edition, that figure has been dramatically surpassed.
02:43Both of the headline-breaking robots were developed by Beijing-based X-Humanoid.
02:48And the performances are being showcased at an event designed to demonstrate just how quickly China's robotics industry is advancing.
02:56The World Humanoid Robot Games are much bigger than a single race.
03:00The event features 51 different disciplines and more than 1,000 individual competitions.
03:07Humanoid machines are competing in activities ranging from running and high jumping to table tennis and football.
03:14Hundreds of robots also marched onto the field in synchronized formation during the opening ceremony.
03:20The spectacle is taking place at Beijing's National Speed Skating Oval.
03:24The venue was built for the 2022 Winter Olympics.
03:28Now, it's being used to showcase another kind of technological competition.
03:33China is presenting its humanoid robotics capabilities on a massive scale.
03:38And the timing is significant.
03:40The games are taking place as Beijing and Washington intensify their competition over advanced technologies.
03:48China currently manufactures a large share of the world's humanoid robots.
03:52Beijing is rapidly expanding development in artificial intelligence, robotics, and advanced manufacturing.
03:59But China's growing dominance has also triggered concern in the United States.
04:04Washington has increasingly scrutinized Chinese robotics companies over potential national security risks.
04:11The U.S. Federal Communications Commission recently announced restrictions on imports of new foreign-made humanoid robots, citing national security
04:21concerns.
04:22China has rejected accusations that its robotics industry poses such a threat.
04:27Meanwhile, the Pentagon has also taken action against Chinese robotics firms.
04:32Unitree, one of China's leading humanoid robot manufacturers, was recently added to a U.S. list of companies the Pentagon
04:40says have links to China's military.
04:43Beijing has pushed back against those allegations.
04:46The robot games, therefore, carry significance far beyond sport.
04:50They are becoming a showcase for China's ambitions in one of the world's fastest-growing technology sectors.
04:57The machines competing in Beijing are designed to demonstrate balance, coordination, speed, and increasingly sophisticated movement.
05:06And the numbers are moving rapidly.
05:08Before the official opening, a humanoid robot developed by Chinese smartphone company Honor reportedly completed a 100-meter trial in
05:18just 9.32 seconds.
05:20The robot reached a peak speed of 14.5 meters per second.
05:25That time was even faster than the 9.39-second performance recorded during the games.
05:31These results suggest that engineers are pushing humanoid machines beyond simple walking and lifting tasks.
05:39They are now testing the limits of robotic athletic performance.
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