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國際時事跟讀VIP Ep. L195: Humanoid Robots Finally Outrun the Human World Record

Highlights 主題摘要

• Honor's "Lightning" robot won Beijing's 2026 humanoid half-marathon in 50:26, beating the human world record by nearly seven minutes.
• Liquid-cooling technology and autonomous navigation drove a near two-hour improvement over the 2025 winning time.
• With over 100 teams and 40% running autonomously, the race has become a real-world stress test for China's robotics industry.

Beijing's streets witnessed a historic moment on April 19, 2026, as more than a hundred humanoid robots lined up alongside 12,000 human runners at the starting gun of the second Beijing E-Town Half Marathon. What unfolded over the next fifty minutes would redefine expectations for machine athleticism — and send a clear signal about the pace of China's robotics ambitions.

2026年4月19日，北京亦莊鳴槍開跑，超過百支人形機器人隊伍與1.2萬名人類選手同場競速，共同寫下第二屆北京亦莊半程馬拉松的歷史。接下來五十分鐘內發生的事，不只讓外界對機器人運動能力的想像大幅翻新，也讓中國機器人產業的發展速度，以最直觀的方式呈現在世人面前。

The race's headline result came from Honor, the Chinese smartphone maker that has pivoted aggressively into humanoid robotics. Its robot, "Lightning" — standing 169 centimetres tall with legs engineered to replicate the proportions of elite human sprinters — crossed the finish line with a net time of 50 minutes and 26 seconds. That eclipsed the human world record of 57 minutes and 20 seconds, set by Uganda's Jacob Kiplimo in Lisbon just weeks earlier. Honor's robots swept the podium, with all three top finishers bearing the Lightning name under the autonomous navigation category.

這場賽事最亮眼的成績來自榮耀。這家以智慧手機起家的科技公司，近年大舉進軍人形機器人領域。旗下「閃電」機器人身高169公分，腿部設計參考頂尖人類短跑選手的體型比例，最終以50分26秒的凈用時率先完賽。這個成績超越了烏干達選手Jacob Kiplimo數週前在里斯本跑出的人類世界紀錄57分20秒。榮耀更包辦前三名，站上頒獎台的全是自主導航款「閃電」。

The leap from last year's inaugural race was staggering. In 2025, the winning robot — Tiangong Ultra — required 2 hours, 40 minutes, and 42 seconds to cover the same 21-kilometre course; only six of twenty competing teams even finished. This year, over 100 teams entered, with roughly 40 percent running fully autonomously. Three technical breakthroughs drove the gains: a liquid-cooling system that kept motor temperatures stable during sustained effort; dramatically improved autonomous navigation, eliminating the need for remote-control engineers trailing behind; and upgraded motor power density and gait algorithms that delivered both raw speed and endurance.

與去年首屆相比，今年的進步幅度著實驚人。2025年，冠軍機器人「天工Ultra」跑完同樣21公里的賽程花了2小時40分42秒，20支隊伍中也只有6支成功完賽。今年參賽隊伍突破百支，約四成採全自主導航模式出賽。三項技術突破是背後的關鍵：液冷散熱系統有效壓制長距離奔跑時的電機溫度，大幅改良的自主導航能力讓工程師不必再跟在機器人身後遙控，而電機功率密度與步態算法的雙重升級，則讓速度與續航力同步提升。

Not every robot shared in the triumph. One fell flat at the starting line; another bumped into a barrier along the course. The route itself had been made deliberately harder, incorporating sharper turns and elevation changes to expose real-world weaknesses. Race organisers framed the stumbles as the point: stress-testing machines in public forces the entire industry to confront failure openly and iterate faster. With China's 2026–2030 five-year plan explicitly targeting humanoid robotics commercialisation, Sunday's race felt less like a novelty spectacle and more like a product roadmap running through the streets.

不過，並非所有機器人都有好的表現。有隊伍在起跑線上就直接倒地，也有機器人途中撞上護欄。賽道設計今年刻意加難，新增了急彎與坡道，目的就是讓問題在真實路況中無所遁形。主辦單位認為，這些失誤本就是辦賽的意義所在：公開的壓力測試能迫使整個產業直面問題、持續精進。中國最新的「十五五」計畫已明確將人形機器人商業化列為重點方向，這場週日的賽事，與其說是一場科技展演，不如說是一份正在街頭奔跑的產業路線圖。

Keyword Drills 關鍵字

1. Eclipsed [verb, to surpass or leave something far behind]: The rookie's score eclipsed the old record.
2. Liquid-cooling [adjective, using circulating liquid to remove heat from a system]: The liquid-cooling system kept the engine from overheating.
3. Autonomously [adverb, operating independently without human control]: The drone flew autonomously across the field.
4. Stress-test [verb, to push a system to its limits to expose weaknesses]: We stress-test the software before every launch.
5. Iterate [verb, to improve something through repeated rounds of testing and refinement]: Good designers iterate quickly after user feedback.

Reference article:
1. https://www.pbs.org/newshour/world/humanoid-robot-wins-beijing-half-marathon-defeating-the-human-world-record
2. https://english.news.cn/20260419/74fc74a78dc64d959fbd4c1f244f6561/c.html
3. https://techcrunch.com/2026/04/19/robots-beat-human-records-at-beijing-half-marathon/
4. https://www.wenweipo.com/a/202604/19/AP69e45479e4b0b49ad1b77a72.html
5. https://www.cna.com.tw/news/acn/202504190118.aspx