This past week, a Chinese smartphone maker’s humanoid robot ran the entire 21-kilometer, 13-mile course in just 50 minutes and 26 seconds, soundly beating the human world record of 57 minutes and 20 s...

Slide over, Jacob Kiplimo. The world's fastest human in the half-marathon is still just that, but the Ugandan's record time of 57 minutes, 20 seconds, was obliterated Sunday in Beijing by a 5-foot-5 h...

Du said its robot design was modelled on outstanding human athletes, with long legs of about 95cm, and was equipped with what he called a powerful liquid-cooling system, which was largely developed in...