{"id":656907,"date":"2026-08-24T12:50:17","date_gmt":"2026-08-24T12:50:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/?p=656907"},"modified":"2026-08-24T12:50:17","modified_gmt":"2026-08-24T12:50:17","slug":"chinese-humanoid-robot-smashes-bolts-100-meter-record-with-stunning-9-39-second-dash-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/?p=656907","title":{"rendered":"Chinese humanoid robot smashes Bolt\u2019s 100-meter record with stunning 9.39-second dash"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Usain Bolt\u2019s 100-meter dash record of 9.58 was shattered on Saturday by a similarly-named Chinese humanoid robot.<\/p>\n

The record was set in 2009 and remains an inspiring feat of human ability, but it was broken this weekend by a humanoid bot named Lightning Bolt, which was able to smash the record by completing the 100-meter dash in 9.39 seconds before it ran into a wall and was carried off the track on a stretcher.<\/p>\n

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A humanoid robot developed by China\u2019s Beijing Innovation Center of Humanoid Robotics ran 100 meters in 9.39 seconds, beating the human world record held by Jamaican sprinting great Usain Bolt https:\/\/t.co\/z0D4H4Vco6<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/EYuum0iwA8<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Reuters (@Reuters) August 22, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

During a trial of the World Humanoid Robot Games, a robot from Chinese smartphone company Honor actually completed the 100-meter dash in 9.32 seconds, peaking at a shocking 14.5 meters per second.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe World Humanoid Robot Games, in its second year, features more than 2,000 robots in 51 events and 1,000 competitions like running, table tennis and soccer. The five-day event highlights China\u2019s rapid progress in robotics amid a heated tech race with the U.S.,\u201d Fox News<\/a> reported. \u201cThe games, which are taking place in the National Speed Skating Oval built for the 2022 Winter Olympics, opened the same week Beijing was holding the 2026 World Robot Conference, where companies showcased around 3,000 products, including humanoid robots.\u201d<\/p>\n

X users had a lot to say about the race and its results:<\/p>\n

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But what is the bloody point? There\u2019s no comparison- no training needed, no prep need, just has to be coded right.<\/p>\n

\u2014 maiya (@maiya875) August 23, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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Surely a machine should be compared to other machines and not humans? \"\ud83e\udd14\"<\/p>\n

By machine standards this is snail pace \"\ud83d\udc0c\"\u2026. Even a barely working car could beat this. Not even mentioning planes, drones, rockets.<\/p>\n

Awwww, bless. It did try though. \"\ud83d\ude05\"<\/p>\n

\u2014 moneyFever (@cashpyraxia_) August 23, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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Why did that have to make the machine look like a human? A Hyundai could do this too.<\/p>\n

\u2014 LuttrumPuttrum (@LuttrumPuttrum) August 23, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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There are hundreds of machines that are faster than men, why is this a phenomenon?<\/p>\n

\u2014 Alive. (@UncleOceans) August 23, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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Millions of self propelled machines & motor vehicles have already broken and are breaking that Usain Bolt record everyday<\/p>\n

What\u2019s that special in making that vehicle resembling a human shape ?<\/p>\n

\u2014 DBR (@DBR1114729) August 23, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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Why didn\u2019t they add a brake? Now the robot is dead after breaking this world record.<\/p>\n

\u2014 NNAA (@Ifeadigonma) August 23, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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It\u2019s strange that people are literally looking to build terminators<\/p>\n

\u2014 Carlos Danger (@lamont1940) August 23, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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Usain Bolt\u2019s 100-meter dash record of 9.58 was shattered on Saturday by a similarly-named Chinese humanoid robot. The record was set in 2009 and remains an inspiring feat of human ability, but it was broken this weekend by a humanoid bot named Lightning Bolt, which was able to smash the record by completing the 100-meter… Continue reading Chinese humanoid robot smashes Bolt\u2019s 100-meter record with stunning 9.39-second dash<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":656895,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rop_custom_images_group":[],"rop_custom_messages_group":[],"rop_publish_now":"initial","rop_publish_now_accounts":[],"rop_publish_now_history":[],"rop_publish_now_status":"pending","footnotes":""},"categories":[18,19,10,21,12,11,9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-656907","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cancel-culture","category-censorship","category-civil-liberties","category-election-integrity","category-equal-justice","category-free-speech","category-religious-freedom","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/656907","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=656907"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/656907\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/656895"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=656907"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=656907"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=656907"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}