A premapped course, a crew of handlers and a world-beating time: here’s what this Beijing half marathon reveals about how far humanoid robots have come—and how far they haven’t

BEIJING — It was not even close as a bright red Chinese humanoid named “Lightning” lived up to its name in a half-marathon pitting humans against robots, smoking its competition on Sunday

Sony's AI-powered robot Ace has become the first autonomous system to reach expert-level performance in a fast-paced physical sport, defeating elite human table tennis players in Tokyo. Using nine synchronized cameras, event-based vision sensors, and model ...

Scientists say they've made a key breakthrough that would allow robots to figure out complex tasks on their own — but experts say it raises questions about how much risk comes with letting robots be in charge of their own learning.