Robots have smashed human world records for the 100m sprint and high jump at China’s ‘robot Olympics’ — but the biggest hurdle is stopping safely

At China's second annual World Humanoid Robot Games in Beijing, robots broke human world records in the 100m sprint (9.39 seconds) and high jump (2.88 meters). Despite impressive gains, engineers still struggle with a critical flaw: getting sprinting robots to stop safely without crashing into barriers.