https://en.people.cn/n3/2026/0204/c90000-20422455.html

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=snlqbVlbqXk

Chinese team creates swift sprinting humanoid robot “Bolt”

(Xinhua) 09:48, February 04, 2026

A team at Zhejiang University has built a full-size humanoid robot capable of running at 10 meters per second, thus outsprinting most humans. The robot is called Bolt, named after Jamaican sprint legend Usain Bolt. It was developed by a humanoid innovation institute at Zhejiang University, in collaboration with Hangzhou-based robotics startups Mirror Me and Kaierda, both also located in Zhejiang.

The red-painted metallic android and a human competed against each other on treadmills. A video clip shows that while the robot took shorter strides, it was able to move at a faster cadence than the human.

Last August, Beijing hosted the inaugural World Humanoid Robot Games, where the Tien Kung humanoid robot won the 100-meter race with a time of 21.5 seconds.