Tien Kung Ultra wins humanoid robot half-marathon in Beijing
Evidence notes
- • The Tien Kung Ultra humanoid robot completed a 21.1-kilometer half-marathon in Beijing on April 19, 2025, finishing in 2 hours, 40 minutes, and 42 seconds.
- • The robot, developed by the Beijing Humanoid Robot Innovation Center and UBTECH, competed alongside 20 other humanoid robots on a separate track parallel to human runners.
- • The event marked the world's first humanoid robot half-marathon.
Company context
Beijing-based humanoid robotics innovation center developing the Tiangong humanoid platforms, embodied-intelligence systems and open developer infrastructure for humanoid manipulation, locomotion and industrial pilots.