Usain Bolt’s 100m world record shattered by a robot
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A Chinese humanoid robot ran 100m in 9.39 seconds in a preliminary heat at the World Humanoid Robot Games in Beijing on Saturday, faster than the men’s world record held by Jamaican sprinting great Usain Bolt.
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What happened
A Chinese humanoid robot ran 100m in 9.39 seconds in a preliminary heat at the World Humanoid Robot Games in Beijing on Saturday, faster than the men’s world record held by Jamaican sprinting great Usain Bolt.
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