Humanoid robot wins 1500-meter race in 2 minutes 21 seconds

The Tianzhuo team secured victory in the 1500-meter final at the second World Humanoid Robot Sports Meet, achieving a time of 2 minutes 21 seconds 63, significantly surpassing the human men's world record of 3 minutes 26 seconds 00. The team's humanoid robot, Tian Gong Ultra, was developed by the Beijing Humanoid Robot Innovation Center. The second-place finisher, Feilu Shen, completed the race in 2 minutes 30 seconds 00, while the third-place team, Fenghuo闪电, finished just 0.222 seconds slower at 2 minutes 30 seconds 22. This marks a significant improvement from the previous year's event, where the Yu Shi H1 robot set a time of 6 minutes 34 seconds 40 for the same distance. Tian Gong Ultra also claimed gold in both the 400-meter large group and the 400-meter small group (height ≤ 1.4 meters) events, with times of 38.15 seconds and 45.66 seconds respectively.