Humanoid robot breaks Usain Bolt's 100m record in China

China: On 23 August 2026, at the World Humanoid Robot Games in Beijing, a Chinese humanoid robot beat Usain Bolt's 100m world record time. Fox News gave the time as 9.39 seconds, and Khaleej Times named the robot Tiangong Ultra.

The Indian Express wrote that the robot crashed at the finish. Republic World also reported robots breaking human records in the high jump at the games.