Robot smashes Usain Bolt’s 100-meter dash world record in opening heat of World Humanoid Games

Usain Bolt, meet Lightning bolt.

A robot named Lightning just ran at the 100 meter dash in 9.32 seconds, shattering human sprinter Usain Bolt’s record.

The superhumanoid feat went down during a test run at the second World Humanoid Robot Games, which kicked off Saturday in Beijing, China, the Guardian reported.

Developed by Chinese smartphone manufacturer Honor, Lightning bolted down the track at a blistering 14.5 meters per second (around 32mph), as seen in a viral clip.

In doing so, the hot-to-trot bot eclipsed the previous World Record of 9.58 seconds set by the Bolt during his record-breaking 100-meter sprint in Berlin, Germany 2009.

During that run, the Jamaican sprinting sensation achieved a top speed of over 27mph — the fastest ever clocked by a biped until now.

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