A humanoid robot has shattered Usain Bolt’s 100m sprint record at the second annual World Humanoid Robot Games in Beijing. Having trailed in second for most of the race, the Team Tianzhuo-developed bot ate up the last 20 metres to take gold, clocking in a time of 9.39 - 19 hundredths of a second quicker than the world record set by Bolt at the Berlin World Athletics Championships in 2009. This year’s games featured 2,056 robots from across the world, competing in events including boxing, football and high jump.

Chinese robot reaches peak speed of 14.5 metres per second to beat Bolt's 100m record in Beijing, says state media.

A robot dubbed "Lightning" has beaten the 100 metres human world record held by Jamaican sprinting great Usain Bolt at this year's World Humanoid Robot Games.

A Chinese humanoid robot named Tiangong Ultra ran 100 meters in 9.39 seconds. This impressive speed surpassed Usain Bolt's previous world record of 9.58 seconds. Another robot,…