Chinese Robot Beats Usain Bolt's 100m Record In 9.32 Secs

A humanoid robot developed by Chinese smartphone maker Honor ?ran 100 meters in 9.32 seconds, China's ?state broadcaster reported on Saturday, beating the human world record held by Jamaican sprinting great Usain Bolt. 

The robot, ?dubbed Lightning, reached a peak speed of ?14.5 meters per second during a preparatory ?test event for the second World Humanoid ?Robot Games, which opened in Beijing on Saturday.

The ?performance surpassed the 9.58-second men's 100-metre



world record set by Bolt at the World Athletics Championships in Berlin in ?2009. 

China has been promoting humanoid robots as ?a strategic emerging industry, with policymakers and companies betting that ?advances ?in AI and hardware will accelerate their deployment in manufacturing, logistics and consumer applications. 

Lightning also won the 21-km Beijing half marathon in April in ?50 minutes ?and 26 ?seconds, faster than the elite men's human world-record pace.