The world's first humanoid robot marathon event brand—the 2026 Beijing E-Town half marathon & humanoid robot half marathon—kicked off today (April 19) in the Beijing Economic-Technological Development Area. More than 100 humanoid robot teams and 12,000 human runners participated in the race.
In the course, over 100 humanoid robots started one by one in an assembly-line fashion, with a 30-second interval between each pair. The scale of this year's event expanded nearly fivefold compared to the previous year, attracting over 100 teams from 13 provinces across China. Participating entities include leading companies such as the Beijing Humanoid Robot Innovation Center, Honor, Unitree, and Noetix Robotics, as well as universities and research institutions, including Tsinghua University, Peking University, and the Institute of General Artificial Intelligence at the University of Science and Technology of China. The event also expanded to include five international teams from countries such as Germany, France, Portugal, and Brazil. The technical categories covered both autonomous navigation and remote control, with autonomous navigation accounting for nearly 40% of participants. The number of participating robots, the scope of participation, and the variety of technical types all set new records.
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