Neal Freiman
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first heard Nov 2024
last heard 11 Jun
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a human, in Lisbon last month.
The event showed the huge progress Chinese robot developers have made in just the last year.
Last April, robots ran this race for the first time, and it was more goofy than impressive, with many crashing and requiring loads of help from their human handlers.
The top robot time last year was 2 hours and 40 minutes, far slower than many human runners.
This year was a different story, with at least four robots clocking sub-one-hour times and about 40% navigating the course completely autonomously,
No remote control needed.
Toby, it's very entertaining to watch these humanoids run a half, but there's, of course, much more at stake than marathon medals.
China is all in on winning another race, the race to develop humanoid AI robots, and it might be sprinting way ahead.
And that video of the honor robot winning and then it didn't stop.
They didn't program it to stop after the finish line.
It just ran straight through and crashed into a wall after crushing the competition at the 13 mile mark.
And we should we should point out that there's a completely separate course that the humans are running on one course and the robots are running on a separate course.
But, yeah, the growth has been massive.
There were just 21 robots running this race last year.
Now there are over 100.
And if you're looking to see how far China is ahead or at least their enthusiasm about robots compared to the United States, I was like, is there any robots running the Boston Marathon this morning?
Apparently, Tesla is going to put their Optimus humanoid robot at the Tesla showroom on Boylston Street near the end of the Boston Marathon to just cheer on Runner and pose for photos with spectators.
So they're not running yet.
It's Monday, so here's what you need to know to stay ahead in the week ahead.
Get ready to hear the name Kevin Warsh over the next several days.
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