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Humanoid robot sprint record

A Chinese humanoid robot ran 100 metres in 9.39 seconds at the World Humanoid Robot Games in Beijing, beating Usain Bolt's human world record time. Organisers said robots competing in the event had become twice as fast in one year.

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