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On Saturday, the opening day of the second World Humanoid Robot Games in Beijing, a humanoid built by the Beijing Humanoid Robot Innovation Center ran the 100 meters in 9.39 seconds, beating Usain Bolt's 9.58-second human world record. The same robot needed 21.50 seconds for the same distance at last year's inaugural games. Two days earlier, at a robotics conference across town, Unitree's founder told the industry that the breakthrough that actually matters — a robot that can walk into an unfamiliar home and do the chores — could still be ten years out.
