BEIJING, CHINA - APRIL 16: A training robot from Intercity Technology Co. waves during a demonstration outside the company's office on April 16, 2026 in Beijing, China. The company has three of its robots competing in the Beijing Humanoid Half Marathon on Sunday in Beijing. The company is one of dozens of institutions from across China that will compete 300 humanoid robots alongside 12,000 human runners in Beijing's E-Town district for the world's largest humanoid robot half-marathon, following the same 21-kilometre course on separate lanes in a 'human-robot co-running' format that for the first time included teams competing under fully autonomous navigation. (Photo by Kevin Frayer/Getty Images)