BEIJING — It was not even close as a bright red Chinese humanoid named “Lightning” lived up to its name in a half-marathon pitting humans against robots, smoking its competition on Sunday

HANOI, VIETNAM / ACCESS Newswire / April 21, 2026 / VinDynamics, a technology company of Vingroup, today announced the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Schaeffler, a leading global motion technology company headquartered in Germany.

China’s humanoid robot half marathon showed real gains in speed and autonomy, even if the race still revealed clear technical limits.

HONG KONG (AP) — A humanoid robot about the size of a primary school student had something to share in Hong Kong — it sang songs and spoke to people in Mandarin and English, answering whatever questions they posed and delighting the audience around it.

A blue-eyed humanoid robot carefully opens a box and places a tool inside as a crowd of visitors watch the demonstration of "physical AI" skills at a major industrial trade fair in Germany.He emphasised that Germany offers an "ecosystem of suppliers" and "very strong expertise in mechanical engineering and automation",

The humanoid robot automates logistics at Siemens site, marking a step towards fully AI-integrated factory operations.