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Chinese Robot Runs 100m in 9.32 Seconds, Beats Bolt's Record

A humanoid robot developed by Honor achieved a peak speed of 14.5 meters per second.

AI-assisted coverage comparison, editor-supervised · How this was made

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What this story says

  • A humanoid robot developed by China's Honor completed a 100-meter run in 9.32 seconds.
  • The robot's performance surpassed the human world record previously held by Usain Bolt.
  • During the run, the robot reached a peak speed of 14.5 meters per second.
  • China's state broadcaster reported on the robot's performance.

Who covered it

Left 30%(82)Centre 42%(116)Right 28%(77)

Percentages are shares of the 275 outlets carrying a published leaning rating. 192 of the 467 outlets we know ran this story carry no rating and are not counted in them. Coverage measured .

Trust

42/100

Craft

55/100

Hype

68/100

467 sources · methodology

A humanoid robot created by Chinese manufacturer Honor has run 100 meters in 9.32 seconds. This time is faster than the human world record set by Usain Bolt. During the run, the robot achieved a peak speed of 14.5 meters per second. China's state broadcaster reported on the robot's performance.

Coverage comparison

The digests from Il Messaggero, WTVB, Reuters, and The Source all reported that the robot ran 100 meters in 9.32 seconds and beat Usain Bolt's record. They also noted its peak speed of 14.5 meters per second. Cyprus Mail and WTVB mentioned the robot was dubbed 'Lightning', and The Source referred to it as 'Superman'.

What the coverage left out

None of the left-rated digests mentioned the specific robot developer, Honor, or the robot's 100-meter time of 9.32 seconds. They also did not mention the peak speed of 14.5 meters per second.

Tags:#Robotics#China#Technology#HumanoidRobot#UsainBolt

Coverage settled. We checked this 372 times and stopped on 27 Aug 2026, 14:00. The figures above are what it finished at.

How each side covered it

Our own reading of the reporting listed below, written from the outlets’ articles rather than quoted from them. The reasoning is set out on our methodology page.

Left

82 rated outlets

  • Digests from Kotaku and Newser reported on robots but did not mention the Honor robot's 100-meter run or its speed. Kotaku's digest focused on a robot that broke in half after hitting a wall, and Newser's digest discussed a robot named Superman from robotics firm Unitree that reached a top speed of 28.3mph.

Centre

116 rated outlets

  • Digests from Il Messaggero, WTVB, Reuters, and The Source all reported that the robot ran 100 meters in 9.32 seconds and beat Usain Bolt's record. They also noted its peak speed of 14.5 meters per second. Cyprus Mail and WTVB mentioned the robot was dubbed 'Lightning', and The Source referred to it as 'Superman'.

Right

77 rated outlets

  • The digest from Cyprus Mail reported that a humanoid robot developed by Chinese smartphone maker Honor ran 100 meters in 9.32 seconds, beating the human world record held by Usain Bolt. It stated China's state broadcaster reported this on Saturday and that the robot, dubbed Lightning, reached a peak speed of 14.5 meters per second.

Questions about this coverage

How did the left and right cover Chinese Robot Runs 100m in 9.32 Seconds, Beats Bolt's Record?
Of the 275 outlets on this story carrying a published leaning rating, 30% are rated left, 42% are rated centre, 28% are rated right. Those percentages are shares of the rated outlets, not of every outlet that ran it, which was 467. The sections above set out what each side emphasised, in its own terms.
Is Chinese Robot Runs 100m in 9.32 Seconds, Beats Bolt's Record left or right?
Neither side dominates it. Of the 275 rated outlets on this story, 30% are rated left, 42% are rated centre, 28% are rated right, and no side holds the 70% this site would want before calling a field one-sided. A story is not left or right in any case; the outlets that carried it are what carry ratings.
Is the coverage of Chinese Robot Runs 100m in 9.32 Seconds, Beats Bolt's Record biased?
Chinese Robot Runs 100m in 9.32 Seconds, Beats Bolt's Record is one event reported by 467 outlets, and this page does not rate the story as biased or unbiased. What it publishes is the spread: which outlets ran it, where named rating organisations place each of them on the spectrum, and what each side chose to lead with. A leaning rating describes an outlet's record over time, not this article, and the two should not be run together.
Which outlets covered Chinese Robot Runs 100m in 9.32 Seconds, Beats Bolt's Record?
467 that we know of, every one of them listed further up this page with a link to its own report and to what we hold on the publisher. Nothing here is a summary of somebody else's summary: the outlets are named so the original reporting can be read.
How fast did the Chinese robot run?
The humanoid robot developed by China's Honor ran 100 meters in 9.32 seconds. This performance surpassed the human world record previously held by Usain Bolt. During its run, the robot reached a peak speed of 14.5 meters per second.
Which company developed the robot?
The humanoid robot that ran 100 meters in 9.32 seconds was developed by China's smartphone manufacturer Honor. China's state broadcaster reported on the robot's performance, which beat the human world record.
Did the robot's performance beat Usain Bolt's record?
Yes, the humanoid robot developed by Honor ran 100 meters in 9.32 seconds, beating the human world record previously held by Jamaican sprinter Usain Bolt. The robot also achieved a peak speed of 14.5 meters per second.

Read it at the source

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