HANGZHOU, Feb. 3 (Xinhua) -- A Chinese team has unveiled a full-size humanoid robot capable of running at 10 meters per second, thus outsprinting most humans.

Photo from Mirror Me

The robot called Bolt, named after Jamaican sprint legend Usain Bolt, was developed by a humanoid innovation institute at Zhejiang University in east China, in collaboration with Hangzhou-based robotics startups Mirror Me and Kaierda, both also located in Zhejiang.

This achievement marks a significant breakthrough in robot locomotion control, dynamic balance and high-performance drive systems, according to the developers.

Wang Hongtao, head of the institute and founder of Mirror Me, and the red-painted metallic android competed against each other on treadmills. A released video clip shows that while the robot took shorter strides, it was able to move at a faster cadence than Wang.

The team previously set a speed record for quadruped robots in 2025 with its Black Panther, which reached a speed of more than 10 meters per second.

Last August, Beijing hosted the inaugural World Humanoid Robot Games, where the Tien Kung humanoid robot won the 100-meter race with a time of 21.5 seconds.