Following last week’s robotic crash and burn that made us all feel a little more comfortable with the state of robotics, that comfort was quickly dashed(!) when a competitor in the 2026 World Humanoid Robot Games beat Usain Bolt’s 100m sprint time. Usain set the human world record in 2009

In an effort to highlight the advances in Chinese robotics, over 20 humanoid robots competed in the recent Beijing Half Marathon (13.1-miles) to see how they stack up against humans. Many didn’t finish, but several did, with the fastest, a robot named Tiangong Ultra, finishing with a time of 2

This is a company (Three’s Company) of Shih Tzus all dressed as Chucky and giving chase to the cameraperson while waving their scissors menacingly. Not to brag or anything, but I’ve also run with scissors on numerous occasions, and only had to to go the hospital as a result a

This is a video of Cassie, a pair of robotic legs inspired by those of an ostrich, setting the world record for fastest 100m run by a two-legged robot. Cassie finishes with a time of 24.73-seconds. For reference, the current world record for a human is Usain Bolt’s 9.58 seconds

This is a video of a couple running in a giant hamster wheel when the guy can’t keep up and falls, but the woman just keeps running, spinning him around and dropping him a couple times. Obviously, if he were my favorite sweatshirt, he would definitely be coming out of

This is a video from Bacău, Romania of an amateur model and even more amateur bear whisperer almost getting attacked by a wild bear while trying to pose with it by the roadside. The bear makes a lunge at her, sending her running into the street, but, thankfully, not oncoming