Unitree says that its new “Superman” humanoid robot can run faster than any recorded human.
The Chinese robotics company revealed the new model on Monday, hyping up its athletic capabilities in a common marketing shtick.
In a thirty second video, the robot leaps around two meters into the air, which is well over the human standing jump record of 1.7 meters, according to Guinness World Records.
Then, sealing its Olympian credentials, the robot blazes down a track at a top speed of 12.66 meters per second, Unitree claims. Even Usain Bolt isn’t that fast. During his record-setting 100-meter sprint in 2009 of 9.58 seconds, the Jamaican athlete reached a top speed of around 12.2 meters per second.
