A robot that can sprint faster than most humans has been created.
The android can cover 10 metres per second – which would equal a 10-second 100 metres.
That’s faster than the women’s world record of 10.49 seconds, set by Florence Griffith-Joyner in 1988.
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It’s still slightly slower than the men’s 100m world record of 9.58 seconds, set by Jamaican sprinter Usain Bolt in 2009.
The robot itself has been called Bolt.
It was made by Chinese robotics firm MirrorMe Technology.
They claim it is the fastest-running, two-legged humanoid robot to date.
Bolt is reportedly the first humanoid robot of its size to reach such velocities outside a lab, as reported by Need To Know.
Last year, the firm’s Black Panther II ran 100 metres in 13.17 seconds on Chinese TV.
The robot is built around newly-designed joints and a fully optimised power system intended to replicate natural human movement while sustaining extreme speeds.
Standing 5.7ft tall and weighing 165lbs, Bolt reflects MirrorMe Technology’s vision of the humanoid robot’s ideal form.
The company said its goal has never been to simply build the world’s fastest robot.
Instead, it aims to develop what it calls super-species robots; machines capable of approaching, or even surpassing, human athletic abilities through advanced motion perception and physical performance.
Developers describe Bolt’s debut as a breakthrough in humanoid locomotion control, dynamic balance and high-performance drive systems.
Video footage showed Bolt taking shorter strides than institute head Wang Hongtao but compensating with a much faster cadence.
MirrorMe was established in May 2024 and is headquartered in Shanghai, with its core team drawn from Zhejiang University, according to the company’s website.
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