Chinese humanoid robots beat Usain Bolt’s 100m record and human high-jump record: Are humans losing?

It seems technology is already outrunning humans not only in algorithms but also on the field. At a 100-meter sprint at the Beijing Robot Games, a humanoid robot is said to have beaten the human record of Jamaican athlete Usain Bolt. The robot named Lightning Bolt, achieved a result of 9.39 seconds, beating Bolt's record of 9.58 seconds, set in 2009, all before smashing into a blue wall.In a standing high jump, a humanoid robot was able to reach 2.88 meters, well above the 0.95 meters best result by a humanoid in last year's first edition of the games. It also surpassed the human high jump record of 2.45 meters set by Cuba's Javier Sotomayor in 1993. Both the record-setting robots belonged to Beijing-based X-Humanoid. After smashing into the wall, the robots were placed on a stretcher, unlike Bolt, who was able to jog a lap to celebrate his achievement.More than 2,000 humanoid robots were participating in the event, said the organiser. The five-day games, now in their second year, are a spectacle demonstrating China's rapid progress in advanced robotics as its tech race with America heats up. There were 51 events organised and more than 1,000 competitions taking place including run...