Chinese engineers develop record-setting quadruped robot
English translation from Unibot. Source published 2025-07-11.
The robot covered the sprint distance in less than a quarter of a minute.
Soon it will receive recognition from the most authoritative register of achievements. Automated assistants are increasingly being integrated not only into everyday life, but also strive to surpass human capabilities in sports competitions. Chinese engineers presented a new product that surprises with unprecedented speed.
Quadruped sprinter. Mirror Me has created an innovative Black Panther II robot, which instantly attracted attention with its outstanding acceleration. Live television showed viewers a breathtaking run as the four-legged machine created by engineers covered the 100-meter distance at the Wuhan stadium in just 13.17 seconds. For clarity, startup co-founder Jin Yongbin clarified that the maximum speed of the robot reached almost ten meters per second. This figure significantly exceeds the similar result of a similar WildCat device produced by the American company Boston Dynamics, whose limit value was about eight and a half meters per second, according to a scientific publication published in 2020.
Apparently, the development of Mirror Me has a real chance of entering the legendary book of world records. In the meantime, the officially recorded speed limit belongs to the Korean research institute KAIST: their Hound design set the previous record at 19.87 seconds at the same distance last year, losing to the new Chinese achievement.
However, Mirror Me representatives noted that a formal application for inclusion in the Guinness Book of Records has been postponed for now due to the development team's focus on further research and testing.
Humanoid machine at the Beijing Marathon. The era of running cyborgs has begun. Android took part in a mass sporting event Notable successes of Chinese robotics The Mirror Me company was founded in May 2024 by people from the prestigious Shanghai university of Zhejiang University, a recognized center for innovative developments in the country.
Engineers continue to move forward: the next goal is to create a bipedal robot capable of reaching a speed of up to ten meters per second by 2026, as well as to design a multifunctional humanoid home assistant by the end of the decade. These plans fit into the strategy of the Middle Kingdom, which seeks to take a leading position in the global robotics sector.
According to official statistics, the volume of production of Chinese industrial robots last year increased by fourteen percent compared to the previous period, amounting to over five hundred and fifty-six thousand units. In addition, the domestic market for humanoid robots is estimated by experts to be in excess of two and a half billion yuan ($380 million), with the prospect of rapid growth and reaching several hundred billion yuan by the beginning of the next decade.