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Olly 👾

🤖Robots run a half Marathon.

Beijing’s E-Town tech hub hosted what it described as the first world’s first humanoid half-marathon, with 21 humanoid robots competing alongside thousands of humans. The human rules [as you’d expect], but the robots did need a few concessions, such as battery swap stops.

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[ImageSource: X-Humanoid] China played host to what, presumably, was the world’s first robot and human half-marathon. You can check out the action and the Tiangong Ultra robot that won in the video below. The event took place in Beijing and spanned 21.1 km. There was, however, a barrier between lanes for humans and machines. <https://youtu.be/BYmCxYTbg50> The human rules were the same as you’d expect, but the robots did need a few concessions, such as battery swap stops. The winning bot crossed the finish line in just over 160 minutes. However, there were awards for endurance, gait design and design innovation. Of the 21 robots that started, only six made the finish line. I don’t know how many of the 12,000 humans finished, but I are pretty sure it was more than six, so I don’t think runners have to worry about robot overlords yet. X-Humanoid’s Chief Technology Officer Tang Jiang told Reuters, “I don’t want to boast but I think no other robotics firms in the West have matched Tiangong’s sporting achievements.” <https://www.reuters.com/world/china/china-pits-humanoid-robots-against-humans-half-marathon-2025-04-19/>
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Spaceflight 🚀

Many core components of #humanoid robots 🤖 – including exteriors, actuators, joints and ball screws – are sourced heavily from suppliers in #China 🇨🇳 scmp.com/economy/global-econom

“After #Chinese supply chain manufacturers supply components to #Tesla, they refine them based on testing feedback and then offer the improved versions to domestic manufacturers” edition.cnn.com/2025/03/25/tec

South China Morning Post · Tesla can’t make Optimus robot for US$20,000 without China, humanoid experts sayAs US-China trade war tariffs bite, mass production of Tesla’s Optimus ‘likely to be put on hold’, threatening Elon Musk’s plans, according to Chinese industry insiders.
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Futurist Jim Carroll

"Sometimes the future kicks you into tomorrow faster than you expected!" - Futurist Jim Carroll

Let's talk about the rise of humanoid robots in 2025.

I told my wife the other day that within 5 years, I'm probably going to be bringing one into our home. She is not amused. Such is the life of living with a futurist! The image in today's inspiration is of the Unitree G1, a robot from one of one of the hottest start-ups in China. They purport to offer the robot for sale on their Website for about USD 16,000, and given the pace of change, buying one for a few thousand dollars sometime in the future might not be farfetched.

You can't use your credit card to buy it directly online yet, but if you like, you can buy its counterpart, the Unitree Go2, for about USD 2,800. Enter your credit card, provide shipping details, and the fun begins! 

Such is the state of the humanoid robotic industry in 2025. Suffice it to say, it's moving fast.

As with any development in the hype-driven technology industry, you have to take all of this with a bit of a grain of salt, but suffice it to say, things are happening.

I'll admit I've long been a skeptic of developments in this particular aspect of robotics - it's always seemed a little too close to science fiction to be real. And yet, things are evolving quickly. Yet I shared this slide the other day at an event where I was speaking about the future of healthcare, and the crazy idea that we might one day see such devices emerge within the industry.

Essentially, four key trends are coming together all at once. First, there is a LOT of venture capital money flowing into the industry. With that, we are starting to see the typical cost reduction curve we see with any new technology. Third, there's a lot of development with software and technology occurring out in the open-source community, and that type of collaboration always drives the future forward faster. Finally, one of the most fascinating trends has to do with the arrival of digital training tools - essentially, software that allows you to train your robot to do what you want it to do (such as the often-used example of washing the dishes.)

Many are comparing this to a "ChatGPT moment" for robotics, with a potential turning point coming by 2027 or the late 2020s.

Read more!

**#Robotics** **#Humanoid** **#Innovation** **#Technology** **#Future** **#Investment** **#Automation** **#AI** **#Development** **#Transformation**

Original post: jimcarroll.com/2025/03/daily-i

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