China's New 'Superman' Robot Is A Back-Flipping, Record-Breaking Powerhouse
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A robot named "Superman" can now outjump and outrun the best human athletes on earth. China's Unitree Robotics recently unveiled the bot, which clears a two-meter standing high jump and hits speeds of nearly 13 meters per second, besting both world records set by humans.
But this is hardly an isolated moment. Earlier in 2026, a Chinese humanoid robot broke the half-marathon world record. And China now has so many humanoid robots in circulation that the country created a unique ID system just to track them all.
What makes these machines so capable isn't just raw power. Unitree's robots use more than 40 joint motors paired with advanced AI to achieve balance and fluid movement. Some Chinese robots even improve on human body mechanics entirely, using straight-knee walking techniques that are more energy-efficient than our own.
And if you want one? A Unitree G1 will run you just under eighteen thousand dollars on Amazon.
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