The half-marathon in Beijing’s E-Town economic and technological development zone on Sunday showcased a leap in the capabilities of Chinese-made humanoid robots. The winner of the race, autonomous-navigation robot “Lightning”, developed by Honor, completed the race in an impressive 50 minutes and 26 seconds, despite a minor mishap near the finish line, surpassing the human world record. “Lightning” incorporates Honor’s proprietary integrated joint modules, delivering a peak torque of 400 Nm. Its liquid-cooling system features cooling channels that penetrate deep into the motor’s interior like capillaries to dissipate heat, while…
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More than three years after what was believed to be their perfect career finale, China’s Olympic champion figure skaters Han Cong and Sui Wenjing, having both indefinitely retired since winning the pairs gold at Beijing 2022, are heading to Milano-Cortina 2026 to embark on their third Olympic campaign, hoping their bold comeback against long odds will give their country’s struggling program a needed boost. Although still rusty in their routines, and apparently not quite in their best shape, the returning veterans have proved that they remain the go-to pair for…
The recently concluded 12th National Games for Persons with Disabilities and the 9th National Special Olympic Games are expected to accelerate improvements in accessibility infrastructure and assistive technology across the region, benefiting people with disabilities, officials said. The games, co-hosted by Guangdong province and the Hong Kong and Macao special administrative regions, ended with a closing ceremony at Shenzhen Sports Center on Monday night after eight days of competition. The ceremony, simple yet evocative, highlighted the spirit of inclusion between people with and without disabilities. According to the organizing committee,…
The Scots may well have codified golf as we know it – including, after a few false starts, making it a game of 18 holes. But the jury’s still out on who first came up with the idea of an open-air game that involves using a stick to hit a ball towards a target. The Romans played a game called paganica, in which a ball stuffed with feathers and wool was hit with a bent stick, while the Dutch played a stick-and-ball game called colf as early as the 13th…
China’s returning “Queen Wen” set the tone for a triumphant National Day holiday by breezing past Emiliana Arango in straight sets in her first match in nearly three months to advance into the third round at the China Open. Although not 100 percent recovered yet from right elbow surgery in July, Zheng showed little sign of rust on Saturday night as the reigning Olympic champion put on a full display of her aggressive game to beat Columbia’s Arango, a world No 50 player, 6-3, 6-2 in 84 minutes at the…