China’s humanoid robot half marathon showed real gains in speed and autonomy, even if the race still revealed clear technical limits.

BEIJING — It was not even close as a bright red Chinese humanoid named “Lightning” lived up to its name in a half-marathon pitting humans against robots, smoking its competition on Sunday

A robot developed by Chinese smartphone maker Honor just broke the world record for the fastest half-marathon finish time at the Beijing E-Town competition. The Beijing long-touted robots vs. humans half-marathon was held last Sunday,

China once again staged a half-marathon for humanoid robots. It delivered a record — and plenty of chaos. A robot from Chinese smartphone and gadget maker Honor clocked 50 minutes and 26 seconds at the event in Beijing on Sunday,

Saronic builds robot warships for the U.S. Navy -- and won a $392 million contract last year. Saronic needs even more money though, and so raised $1.75 billion in private funding last month. All of the companies named so far are publicly traded defense stocks.

Pragmata features a grizzled soldier and a robot child but doesn’t have the emotional bond of The Last of Us or The Walking Dead.