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America holds its first professional robot races

development2026-04-20

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ProRL hosted America's first professional humanoid and quadruped robot races in Boston, while dozens of Chinese humanoids passed human runners in Beijing's second robot half-marathon.

Reporting date: 2026-04-20 (not necessarily the event date)

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Welcome to April 20, 2026 (theinnermostloop.substack.com)

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America holds its first professional robot races
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Reporting date: 2026-04-20
KB permalink: https://nicholsn.github.io/innermost-loop-kb/developments/2026-04-20-the-first-professional-robot-races
Claim: ProRL hosted America's first professional humanoid and quadruped robot races in Boston, while dozens of Chinese humanoids passed human runners in Beijing's second robot half-marathon.
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- Welcome to April 20, 2026 — https://theinnermostloop.substack.com/p/welcome-to-april-20-2026
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