Forget the grit and glory of the human spirit; the future apparently belongs to silicon and servos. HONOR’s autonomous marvel, ‘Lightning’, has just shredded the half marathon world record, clocking a blistering 50:26 at the 2026 Humanoid Robot Half Marathon. With the human record of 57:20 left well and truly in its wake, the local Jobcentre might want to start preparing for its first bipedal, non-biological applicants.
