At Olympics-like event, Chinese robots smash athletic records set by humans — including Usain Bolt’s 100-meter sprint time | Fortune0

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• August 23, 2026

Chinese humanoid robots broke records set by humans, including beating Usain Bolt’s 100-meter sprint world record, on the opening day of the Olympics-like World Humanoid Robot Games in Beijing on Saturday. More than 2,000 humanoid robots were participating in the event, the organizer said. The five-day games, now in its second year, are a spectacle demonstrating China’s