ROBOTS RUN AGAINST HUMANS IN RACE, LOSE

More than 20 two-legged robots competed in the world’s first humanoid vs. human half-marathon in China on Saturday. They lost. Teams from several tech companies and universities took part in the 21-kilometer (13-mile) race. The robots were pitted against 12,000 human contestants, running side by side in a fenced-off lane. The race course had some slight slopes and winding roads. Human runners were allowed water refreshment; robot contestants were allowed to get new batteries during the race. The first robot across the finish line finished the route in two hours and 40 minutes. The winner of the men’s race finished in 1 hour and 2 minutes.
* Great, now we’ve got a bunch of sore loser robots out for vengeance against humans.
* The robots issued a statement challenging humans to meet them in the arena for the next episode of BattleBots.
* The losing robots were all sent to Chinese robot re-education camps. For that matter, so were the losing human runners.
* Robots may take our jobs, but at least they won’t be taking over our marathons.