Honor Lightning Humanoid Robot

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Honor's self-developed bipedal humanoid robot that won the 2026 Beijing humanoid half-marathon in 50:26.

“Lightning” is the first large-size humanoid robot built by Honor, the smartphone maker, developed by its unit Shenzhen Honor Smart Technology Development Co., Ltd. It stands 169 cm tall with roughly 95 cm legs and reportedly weighs about 45 kg. It uses Honor's own integrated joint actuator modules rated at 400 N·m peak torque, paired with a liquid-cooling system that keeps the motors from overheating during long stretches of high-power running. On April 19, 2026, running in fully autonomous navigation mode, it won the Beijing E-Town (Yizhuang) Humanoid Robot Half Marathon with a net time of 50 minutes 26 seconds, faster than the human men's half-marathon world record at the time, 57:20, set by Ugandan runner Kiplimo in Lisbon in March 2026. Lightning represents consumer-electronics companies crossing into humanoid robotics, with a focus on high-speed locomotion control.

ExampleAt the 2026 Beijing E-Town humanoid half-marathon, the winning “Lightning” ran the roughly 21-kilometer course under its own autonomous navigation, without remote control, swapping its battery once, at the 10.6 km mark, along the way.

Also called: Lightning, Honor Lightning
Related: Humanoid Robot Half Marathon (Beijing E-Town) · Bipedal Locomotion · Joint Actuator Module · Liquid-Cooled Joint Actuators (Active Thermal Management) · Peak Torque · RL-based Locomotion Control
Sources: 百余台机器人同跑半马「闪电」超越人类纪录 - 新华网 (Chinese)
荣耀晒「闪电」机器人最新战报 - IT之家 (Chinese)
一年提速近两小时、从遥控到自主、跑赢人类！人形机器人「半马」刷新纪录（每日经济新闻，2026-04-19） (Chinese)
Ratified: world records for Kiplimo, Tharp and Wanyonyi（World Athletics，2026-09-03）
As of: 2026-04