Tiangong Smashes 400m Record in 38.15 Seconds as Robots Topple 2 Human Sprint Marks

3 articles · Updated · Bleacher Report · Aug 23

Tiangong ran 400 meters in 38.15 seconds at the World Humanoid Robot Games, beating Wayde van Niekerk’s 43.03-second world record from the 2016 Olympics.
That performance made Tiangong the latest robot to surpass a landmark human sprint feat after Usain Bolt’s 100-meter record also fell earlier in the weekend.
The latest result extends a broader pattern at the Games, where humanoid machines have now broken multiple elite track-and-field benchmarks once held by top human sprinters.

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