Fastest Android in Half Marathon

[Snagglefoot]

Mods, if this has been posted, please delete. Also, not sure how to delete the lead-ins to other articles.

Apparently an android now has the record for the half marathon, beating out humans.
Don't shoot the messenger.

https://www.cnn.com/2026/04/19/china/china-robot-half-marathon-intl-hnk

 

[Oliveoil2]

I loved this!! So many different robots with different running styles. Seriously interesting. I wonder what would wear out and require maintenance?

 

[SC Maintenance]

I loved this!! So many different robots with different running styles. Seriously interesting. I wonder what would wear out and require maintenance?

The knees always go first.

 

[JeffKeryk]

It's only a matter of time....

 

[Number_35]

As the crew at The Morning Dispatch wrote, machines travelling faster than humans is old news, going back to the early days of the automobile.

 

[4wd]

As the crew at The Morning Dispatch wrote, machines travelling faster than humans is old news, going back to the early days of the automobile.

And whilst hauling humans - let me jump on the back of that creepy metal and try a fo-fo-forty fo the NFL

 

[crashz]

So when will we debate the correct lube for the joints? Valvoline Restore and Protect? Lucas Red-n-Tacky? HPL?

The article remarked that it it didn't slow down during the race. Well, duh! Its a machine. It doesn't get tired or feel pain. It goes until its told to stop, runs out of battery power, or breaks. But I find it incredible that the engineers and techs built a rig that could stay together long enough to finish a half marathon. Part of the beauty of the human body is the incredible punishment it can sustain (short term), self heal, and monitor injury by pain.

 

[Owen Lucas]

So when will we debate the correct lube for the joints? Valvoline Restore and Protect? Lucas Red-n-Tacky? HPL?

The article remarked that it it didn't slow down during the race. Well, duh! Its a machine. It doesn't get tired or feel pain. It goes until its told to stop, runs out of battery power, or breaks. But I find it incredible that the engineers and techs built a rig that could stay together long enough to finish a half marathon. Part of the beauty of the human body is the incredible punishment it can sustain (short term), self heal, and monitor injury by pain.

I'd like to see the wear and tear on this machine. What are the tolerances like? Does it need a complete overhaul now? New battery in order?

I guess it won't matter when you can eventually get one for $2k.

 

[fat biker]

No Ethiopians, bogus contest!
Ever heard of Miryts Yifter? A.K.A. ¨Yifter the Shifter¨?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miruts_Yifter

 

[4wd]

So when will we debate the correct lube for the joints? Valvoline Restore and Protect? Lucas Red-n-Tacky? HPL?

The article remarked that it it didn't slow down during the race. Well, duh! Its a machine. It doesn't get tired or feel pain. It goes until its told to stop, runs out of battery power, or breaks. But I find it incredible that the engineers and techs built a rig that could stay together long enough to finish a half marathon. Part of the beauty of the human body is the incredible punishment it can sustain (short term), self heal, and monitor injury by pain.

The new Valvoline Restore and Protect grease …