The World Humanoid Robot Games

Have you ever had a dream about a killer humanoid robot chasing you? In our science fiction, they usually travel pretty slowly, but robotics has come a long way, and now they are competing in foot races. The second annual World Humanoid Robot Games are going on right now in Beijing, and will continue through Wednesday. The video above caught some of the bloopers and awkward moments, but the fact that there aren't hundreds of robots falling over each other tells us that they are really getting the hang of bipedal motion. And they go frighteningly fast. In fact, in the 100-meter sprint, the winning robot finished in 9.39 second, faster than Usain Bolt's world record of  9.58 seconds. 



And it's not just running. Another robot set a high jump record of 2.88 meters, which is higher than the human record of 2.45 meters set by Cuba’s Javier Sotomayor. Get ready for another round of nightmares, but now the robots can really catch all of us. (via Born in Space)