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Tiangong Ultra Smashes 100m Record in 9.39 Seconds

8/24/2026

Summary

Story summary

Tiangong Ultra ran 100 m in 9.39 seconds, beating Usain Bolt’s 9.58-second record.
Honor’s Lightning finished the 100 m in 9.47 seconds, faster than Bolt’s record.
X-Humanoid’s robot cleared a 2.88-meter standing high jump, surpassing Javier Sotomayor’s 2.45-meter record.
Tiangong Ultra completed a 400 m sprint in 38.16 seconds, beating Wayde van Niekerk’s 43.03-second record.
Robots slammed into a thick mat after the finish line, exposing braking problems.

History

Historical Context

Honda began its humanoid-robot program in 1986, building the first two-legged walking prototype that year and later unveiling the self-balancing P2 in December 1996, which weighed 463 lb. Successive models P3 (1997) and ASIMO (2000) set global benchmarks for bipedal locomotion, driving worldwide research into human-like robots and commercial applications across academia and industry.

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Story summary

Tiangong Ultra ran 100 m in 9.39 seconds, beating Usain Bolt’s 9.58-second record.
Honor’s Lightning finished the 100 m in 9.47 seconds, faster than Bolt’s record.
X-Humanoid’s robot cleared a 2.88-meter standing high jump, surpassing Javier Sotomayor’s 2.45-meter record.
Tiangong Ultra completed a 400 m sprint in 38.16 seconds, beating Wayde van Niekerk’s 43.03-second record.
Robots slammed into a thick mat after the finish line, exposing braking problems.

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