{"id":373328,"date":"2026-08-26T19:00:05","date_gmt":"2026-08-26T18:00:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/robots-crash-spectacularly-as-record-breaking-olympics-comes-to-a-close\/"},"modified":"2026-08-26T19:00:05","modified_gmt":"2026-08-26T18:00:05","slug":"robots-crash-spectacularly-as-record-breaking-olympics-comes-to-a-close","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/robots-crash-spectacularly-as-record-breaking-olympics-comes-to-a-close\/","title":{"rendered":"Robots crash spectacularly as record-breaking \u2018Olympics\u2019 comes to a close"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i1.ytimg.com\/vi\/4Tg2VwVCPow\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"Robots crash spectacularly as record-breaking \u2018Olympics\u2019 comes to a close\"><br \/> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/4Tg2VwVCPow\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>This is the moment robots crash yet again on the closing day of the Humanoid Robot Games in Beijing, after Chinese robot Tian Jiao shattered the 100 metre sprint record in 8.64 seconds.<\/p>\n<p>[Subscribe to our Substack newsletter: https:\/\/channel4news.substack.com\/subscribe]<\/p>\n<p>But whilst robots are able to beat the human record, they seem to find stopping after the race significantly more difficult, often crashing into padded barriers and sometimes catching fire throughout the games.<\/p>\n<p>The second World Humanoid Robot Games brought together more than 2000 robots for 51 sporting and scenario-based events.<\/p>\n<p>&#8212;&#8212;-<\/p>\n<p>Get more news at our site &#8211; https:\/\/www.channel4.com\/news\/ <\/p>\n<p>Subscribe to our Substack newsletter: https:\/\/channel4news.substack.com\/subscribe<\/p>\n<p>Follow us:<br \/>\nTikTok &#8211; https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@c4news<br \/>\nInstagram &#8211; https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/channel4news\/<br \/>\nTwitter &#8211; https:\/\/twitter.com\/Channel4News<br \/>\nFacebook &#8211; https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Channel4News\/<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This is the moment robots crash yet again on the closing day of the Humanoid Robot Games in Beijing, after Chinese robot Tian Jiao shattered the 100 metre sprint record in 8.64 seconds. 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