China’s 36 Km/h Running Robot Just Humiliated Humanity

Meet Bolt, a 75-kilogram humanoid from Shanghai-based MirrorMe Technology that can sprint at 36 km/h on two legs. That’s 10 meters per second. On feet. If you jog at 10 km/h and feel athletic, I’m sorry for you but this metal show-off just destroyed your self-esteem.

Bolt stands 1.75 meters tall, weighs about as much as an average adult, and rocks a glossy red finish that screams “minor Marvel villain.” In test runs, it hit full speed on a track, officially becoming the fastest humanoid robot ever built.

The trick? It doesn’t take long, graceful strides like an Olympic sprinter. Instead, it uses short, ultra-rapid steps to stay balanced while blasting forward.

MirrorMe’s goal is to create robotic “super-species” that outperform humans. Casual ambition. They even named it Bolt as a nod to Usain Bolt, though the robot hasn’t hit the Jamaican legend’s top speed yet.

Sure, sprinting on a smooth track is one thing. Now let’s see it dodge potholes and tourists.

Still… if this is the warm-up, humanity might want to stretch.

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