China’s humanoid robots are achieving superhuman feats of athleticism. But how that translates into the real world is still an open question, experts said.

More than 600 teams brought 2,000 robots to Beijing for the second edition of this annual competition, where humanoid robots compete in a wide variety of events, including athletics and household tasks.

The World Humanoid Robot Games are currently going on in Beijing. The event, which seems like the world’s largest Battlebots taping, features events like boxing, weightlifting, track races, and real-world scenario simulations like firefighting and hospitality tasks which have the robot competitors demonstrate their prowess at the applications they were ostensibly designed for—y’know,

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Chinese smartphone maker Honor’s self-developed humanoid robot “Lightning“ ran 100 meters in 9.32 seconds, beating the human world record, China’s state broadcaster reported on Saturday. The humanoid reached a peak speed of 14.5 meters per second during a preparatory test event for the second World Humanoid Robot Games beginning on Saturday.

And they looked absolutely ridiculous doing it.