TianGong Ultra Runs 100 Meters in 9.32 Seconds at Robot Games

Aug 25, 2026
TianGong Ultra, developed by X-Humanoid, completed a 100 meter sprint in 9.32 seconds at the 2nd World Humanoid Robot Games in Beijing.

X-Humanoid said in a press release that its TianGong Ultra humanoid robot completed a 100 meter sprint in 9.32 seconds on August 22 at the 2nd World Humanoid Robot Games in Beijing.

The event took place at China's National Speed Skating Oval, also known as the Ice Ribbon. X-Humanoid said TianGong Ultra broke the event record twice during the competition and reset the record five times within two hours.

The final time of 9.32 seconds is faster than the men's 100 meter world record of 9.58 seconds. The company developed TianGong Ultra for humanoid robot athletic competition.

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