A robot sprinter shatters a 100-meter record again as sparks fly at China’s robot competition

• The record ended China’s five-day World Humanoid Robot Games, in its second year in Beijing, in which more than 2,000 humanoid robots competed in Olympics-style events including soccer, boxing and running.
• The winning robot finished the 100 meters in 8.64 seconds, breaking a record for the second straight day.