BEIJING (AP) – A Chinese humanoid robot set a new 100-meter sprint record of 8.86 seconds in Beijing on Tuesday, beating its robot competitors – and the fastest recorded human time. The race was part of China's World Humanoid Robot Games, an Olympic-style competition now in its second year in Beijing. The event is also a showcase for China's rapid advances in robotics amid an intensifying technology rivalry with the United States. The previous robot record of 9.39 seconds had been set just three days earlier, on Saturday.

This year's games have drawn 2,056 robots from 666 teams across 16 countries and six continents.

At a 100-meter sprint, a humanoid robot achieved a result of 9.39 seconds, beating the human record of 9.58 seconds set by the Jamaican athlete in 2009.

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,…

China's humanoid robots are competing in sports and factory simulations. These robots demonstrated impressive speed, surpassing human world records in sprints. The games also…