It may have stumpy arms like chicken wings and a bizarre sprinting style – but a Chinese-made robot has smashed humankind’s record for running 400 metres, clocking in at 38.16 seconds.

The second-edition of the World Humanoid Games is under way in China.

More than 2000 humanoid robots were participating in the event, the organiser said.

BEIJING, Aug 22 (Reuters) - It’s been called the Robot Olympics. But unlike the human Olympics, Team China is collecting almost all the medals. Over the past decade, robotic competitions in China have provided a window into the advances of a now-surging sector – and the importance of its success as a strategic industry singled out by President Xi Jinping.

Tiangong, a humanoid robot described as the world's first full-sized humanoid robot capable of running solely on electric ...