Beijing’s Humanoid Half-Marathon

Lesson overview

Robots ran a half marathon in Beijing, and one of them finished faster than the current world record holder. In this ESL news lesson, students read about the race, explore vocabulary like “autonomous” and “feat,” and discuss what it means when machines outperform humans physically.

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