A full-size humanoid robot just ran faster than most people will ever sprint. 

Chinese robotics firm MirrorMe Technology has unveiled Bolt, a humanoid robot that reached a top speed of 22 miles per hour during real-world testing. This was not CGI or a computer simulation. The footage, shared by the company on X, shows a real humanoid robot running at full speed inside a controlled testing facility.

That milestone makes Bolt the fastest running humanoid robot of its size ever demonstrated outside computer simulations. For robotics, this is a line-crossing moment.

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MirrorMe Technology’s humanoid robot Bolt reaches 22 mph during a real-world sprint test inside a controlled facility. (Zhang Xiangyi/China News Service/VCG via Getty Images)

What allows the world’s fastest humanoid robot to run at 22 mph

In the promotional video, the run is shown using a split-screen view. On one side of the screen, Wang Hongtao, the founder of MirrorMe Technology, runs on a treadmill. On the other side, Bolt runs under the same conditions. The comparison makes the difference clear. As the pace increases, Wang struggles to keep up and eventually gives up, while Bolt continues running smoothly, maintaining balance as its stride rate increases.

Bolt takes shorter strides than a human runner but makes up for it with a much faster stride rhythm. That faster rhythm helps the robot stay stable as it accelerates. Engineers say this performance reflects major progress in humanoid locomotion control, dynamic balance and high-performance drive systems. Speed is impressive. Speed with control is the real achievement.

The humanoid robot design choices behind Bolt’s speed

Bolt stands about 5 feet 7 inches tall and weighs roughly 165 pounds, putting it close to the size and mass of an average adult human. MirrorMe says that similarity is intentional. The company describes this as the ideal humanoid form. 

Rather than oversized limbs or exaggerated mechanics, Bolt relies on newly designed joints paired with a fully optimized power system. The goal is to replicate natural human motion while staying stable at extreme speeds. That combination is what sets Bolt apart.

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MirrorMe says Bolt’s 22 mph run highlights stability and control, not just raw speed. ( Cui Jun/Beijing Youth Daily/VCG via Getty Images)

Why Bolt’s sprint reflects years of robotics development

Bolt did not appear overnight. MirrorMe has focused on robotic speed as a long-term priority since 2016. Last year, its Black Panther II robot stunned viewers by sprinting 328 feet in 13.17 seconds during a live television broadcast in China. Reports suggested the performance exceeded comparable tests involving Boston Dynamics machines. 

In 2025, the company also set a record with a four-legged robot that surpassed 22 mph, reinforcing its focus on acceleration, agility and sustained high-speed motion. China’s interest in robotic athletics continues to grow. Beijing even hosted the first World Humanoid Robot Games, where humanoid robots competed in sprint races on a track.

Why MirrorMe says speed is not the end goal

Running at 22 mph grabs attention, but MirrorMe says speed alone is not the point. The engineers behind Bolt care more about what happens at that speed. Balance, reaction time and control matter more than a headline number. Those skills are what let a humanoid robot move like a trained runner instead of a machine on the verge of tipping over.

That is where the athlete angle comes in. MirrorMe envisions Bolt as a training partner that can run alongside elite athletes, hold a steady pace and push limits without getting tired. By matching and slightly exceeding human performance, the robot could help runners fine-tune form, pacing and endurance while collecting precise motion data. In that context, the sprint is not a stunt. It shows how humanoid robots could move beyond demos and into real training and performance settings.

What this means to you

Humanoid robots that can run at highway speeds are no longer something you only see in demos or concept videos. As these machines get faster and more stable, they start to fit into real-world roles. That includes athletic training, emergency response and physically demanding jobs where speed and endurance make a real difference. At the same time, faster robots bring real concerns. Safety, oversight and clear rules matter even more when machines can move this quickly around people. When robots run this fast, the limits need to be clear.

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Engineers say Bolt’s high-speed sprint reflects advances in locomotion control, balance and drive systems. (Photo by Kevin Frayer/Getty Images)

Kurt’s key takeaways

Bolt running at 22 mph is eye-catching, but the speed is not the main takeaway. What matters is what it shows. Robots are starting to move more like people. They can run, adjust and stay upright at speeds that used to knock machines over. That opens the door to real uses, but it also raises real questions. How fast is too fast around people? Who sets the rules? And who is responsible when something goes wrong? The technology is moving quickly. The conversation around it needs to move just as fast.

If humanoid robots can soon outrun and outtrain humans, where should limits be set on how and where they are allowed to operate? Let us know by writing to us at Cyberguy.com

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A political fight has broken out in Malegaon over the photo of Tipu Sultan. Controversy arose over the photo of Tipu Sultan installed in the office of Deputy Mayor Shan-e-Hind Nihal Ahmed of Malegaon Municipal Corporation. It is being told that this photo and the video related to it are becoming increasingly viral on social media. After this, Shiv Sena corporators of Shinde faction took cognizance of this matter and reached the Municipal Corporation Commissioner’s office and lodged a protest. Shaan-e-Hind Nihal Ahmed is the leader of Samajwadi Party.

The corporators have demanded immediate removal of the photo and warned that their protest will continue until the photo is removed. It was also said that if necessary, it could take the form of a protest movement.

On the other hand, Deputy Mayor Shan-e-Hind Nihal Ahmed replied that Tipu Sultan was a freedom fighter. He fought against the British, which has also been accepted by many leaders of the country. Besides, Maharashtra Government has also mentioned in the Gazette that he will be celebrating his birth anniversary. He raised the question that who are the protestors and on what basis are they protesting?

Sussex Police have said they will not open an investigation into activists going door-to-door in Brighton asking people to stop buying Israeli goods.

Brighton MP and cabinet minister Peter Kyle had called on the police to investigate the group for alleged hate crimes and breaches of incitement laws, saying “it should not be happening”.

But the force said “at this time, there is no evidence of criminal activity”.

Separately, Labour MP Mark Sewards, who chairs Labour Friends of Israel, has written to Green Party MP Sian Berry condemning the activists’ actions as “dangerous, divisive, and intimidatory”.

He urged her to join him in “publicly condemning these tactics and urging the organisers to immediately call off this nefarious campaign”.

A report by Sky’s communities correspondent Lisa Holland on Wednesday showed that activists are seeking to create what they’re calling an apartheid-free zone in Brighton and Hove.

To do that, they are going door-to-door in Brighton with a list of addresses and asking people to boycott Israeli goods.

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Door-knocking campaigners told Lisa Holland that they are not antisemitic, but anti-zionist.

Campaigner Seymour was asked if he could understand why people who dispute that view would be uncomfortable if they opened the door to one of his volunteers, and he replied: “It might be uncomfortable.

“But it’s only a one-on-one conversation. We’re very polite [at] the door. Whatever someone’s background is, we treat them like anyone else.

“It’s no different from the actions of a political party like the Conservative Party or the Labour Party who also go door to door and ask people how they feel.”

But in a letter to Ms Berry shared exclusively with Sky News, Mr Sewards hit out at the campaign as “dangerous, divisive and intimidatory – both to the local Jewish community, who have faced appalling levels of antisemitism in the city since the 7 October attacks, and to those of us who are not Jewish but strongly support the world’s only Jewish state”.

He cited figures published this week by the Community Security Trust, a Jewish charity, which show that last year saw the second-highest number of antisemitic incidents on record, and Sussex was the police region that recorded the sixth-highest number of antisemitic incidents in the UK in 2025.

“Against this backdrop, it is insensitive, inflammatory and highly irresponsible to seek to further isolate and target our fellow Jewish citizens,” Mr Sewards wrote.

He said British Jews have “repeatedly stated how distressing they have found the behaviour of anti-Israel extremists on our streets”, and following years of protests “now appear determined to intimidate Jews on their own doorsteps”.

“The alleged practice of recording who does – and, more importantly, who doesn’t – support the campaigners’ demands simply compounds the sinister nature of this entire exercise,” he said.

The Labour MP added that the Boycott, Divest, Sanctions (BDS) movement “does nothing to advance the cause of peace, coexistence and a two-state solution”.

“At a time when Jews around the world need our solidarity and support, I hope that you will join me in publicly condemning these tactics and urging the organisers to immediately call off this nefarious campaign,” he wrote to the Brighton Pavilion MP.

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Ms Berry told Sky News she is taking concerns raised about the door-to-door visits “seriously”.

She said: “I can fully appreciate why some residents might find this tactic confrontational or worrying and something to rethink, even though I believe those running the campaign are well intentioned, and were not intending to alarm any Jewish residents specifically with this choice of engagement activity.

“It is important to maintain the freedom for people who are concerned about global issues and who want to reach out to fellow citizens to do so proportionately.”

Ms Berry added: “Seeking to raise awareness of the horrific recent actions against Palestinians in Gaza of the current government in Israel, and the wide international recognition of these as war crimes, is legitimate, and can extend to boycott campaigning.

“I do worry that no visible community campaigning at all on this issue would be acceptable to some supporters of that government.”

The highest-ranking Minnesotan in Congress is arguing that President Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown in his state is already producing incredible results.

House Majority Whip Tom Emmer, R-Minn., told Fox News Digital on Thursday that Operation Metro Surge, the federal law enforcement action in Minneapolis, helped recover some 3,000 migrant children who were previously thought to be missing.

“Do you realize that Operation Metro Surge picked up 4,000 illegal alien criminals? Rapists, murderers, pedophiles, drug dealers — 4,000!” Emmer said.

“And by the way, I was told that, coming down here from the [House floor], that they’ve also located 3,000 missing migrant children. I mean, that’s just in the Minneapolis area. You gotta be kidding me.”

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President Donald Trump’s crackdown in Minneapolis is drawing to a close with thousands of missing migrant children found, and illegal immigrants arrested, officials said. (John Moore/Getty Images; Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP via Getty Images)

Emmer, who has emerged as one of Trump’s most outspoken congressional allies during his second White House term, is also an aggressive critic of his state’s Democratic leadership.

He accused Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz and state Attorney General Keith Ellison of rooting against the success of the immigration crackdown in Minneapolis.

“Their crazy sanctuary state and sanctuary city policies literally have allowed these criminals to roam our streets and put our law-abiding, tax-paying, American citizens’ — good Minnesotans’ — lives at risk,” Emmer said.

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Trump ordered a surge of federal law enforcement, primarily Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and Customs and Border Protection (CBP), to the progressive-run city in a bid to find and arrest illegal immigrants that have been shielded by its sanctuary policies.

House Majority Whip Tom Emmer, R-Minn., during a television interview at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., on Sept. 30, 2025.  (Graeme Sloan/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

The administration announced on Thursday that it was ending the deployment.

The federal operation in Minneapolis has been controversial at times and led to fierce clashes between law enforcement and city residents. Criticism or praise have largely fallen along partisan lines.

Lawmakers on both sides of the aisle called for added scrutiny after two U.S. citizens were shot during anti-ICE demonstrations there. Renee Nicole Good was killed by an ICE agent after being accused of hitting him with her car while attempting to drive away, while Alex Pretti was fatally shot multiple times by Border Patrol weeks later.

Emmer blamed the chaos on a refusal by state and city Democrats to cooperate with federal authorities.

“I don’t care if you think they were in the right place, the wrong place, it doesn’t matter. A loss of a life is tragic, but it didn’t have to be this way,” he said. “Had there been cooperation, none of this would have happened. If they will cooperate, which it sounds like they are now going forward, things are going to settle down very fast.”

Minneapolis police in tactical gear arrive on the street in downtown Minneapolis as protesters gather on Jan. 17, 2026, in Minneapolis. (Jim Vondruska/Getty Images)

Trump had responded to the uproar by replacing federal leadership there, bringing in border czar Tom Homan to lead the government effort instead of Border Patrol Chief Greg Bovino. Homan’s appointment has been praised by Republicans.

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Emmer said Homan took a “great step” in announcing the drawdown on Thursday, arguing “the numbers speak for themselves.”

“I think what the administration has done is frankly excellent. Tom Homan, I think, announced … that Operation Metro Surge was successful and that they’re going to be ending it and the president approved of that, which tells me that they’re getting the cooperation that they need [from state and local authorities],” he said.

Former IPS Amitabh Das (Amitabh Das) Has been taken into custody by Patna Police. His house was raided on the evening of Friday (February 13, 2026). On this action, National President of Janashakti Janata Dal, Tej Pratap Yadav (Tej Pratap Yadav) There has been a response. He has justified this action. Also, Tej Pratap Yadav has fiercely attacked former IPS Amitabh Kumar Das.

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Tej Pratap said that Amitabh Das makes strong statements. A few days ago he also spoke bad things about me. There were no facts. The way you were speaking about Nishant is also wrong. It is baseless. As far as we know him (Nishant) is settled and from a good family. He is the son of the Chief Minister. The way he (Amitabh Das) is making allegations has not been proven. So the allegations they are making are wrong. I refute.

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He further said, “The steps taken by the government should have been taken earlier. It may have been late but proper action has been taken. Such people have no right to speak. It is not right to make any allegations or say anything without thinking.”

Questions raised on law and order also

On the other hand, Tej Pratap Yadav raised questions on the law and order of the state. He said, “Law and order is not good. Samrat Chaudhary ji is young… We also support him to move forward, but the way the situation has developed in Bihar, it is in a worse state. We will only ask Samrat Chaudhary to work on improving the environment that has been created as soon as possible. The responsibility is on him. Work to fulfill your responsibility.”

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Late Thursday evening, angry farmers of Kokodi village created a ruckus at ‘Maa Danteshwari Maize Processing and Marketing Cooperative Society’ (Ethanol Plant) located in Kondagaon district of Chhattisgarh. Angered by the crop damage due to chemical water and the administration not listening, the villagers entered the plant and not only vandalized the machines but also damaged the cars and tractors parked there. The situation became so tense that the police had to struggle a lot to stop the crowd.

The villagers allege that the chemical-laden poisonous water coming out of this plant is being released into their fields for the last one year. Hundreds of acres of crops are being ruined due to this. Village Sarpanch Mansukh Netam said that the ponds of the village have become poisonous due to this contaminated water, due to which many animals have died after drinking its water. The villagers gave written complaints to the plant management and the district administration several times, but no one took any notice. Due to lack of hearing, the patience of the farmers broke on Thursday.

Loss worth lakhs by entering the plant

Hundreds of villagers reached the gate of the plant late Thursday (February 12) evening. The police tried to stop them, which led to a clash. The crowd was so furious that the police force had to retreat. After this, the villagers entered inside the plant and vandalized the office, valuable machines and vehicles (cars and tractors) parked in the premises. It is estimated that the plant management has suffered a loss of lakhs of rupees due to this.

150 crore project, but waste management failed

Let us tell you that this maize processing unit was started in Kokodi about 2 years ago at a cost of Rs 150 crore. The claim was that this would benefit 65 thousand farmers and 80 thousand liters of ethanol would be produced daily. But the villagers say that no arrangement was made for the disposal of the waste and chemicals generated after making ethanol, due to which they are now having to suffer the consequences.

Tension in village, area turned into police camp

As soon as information about the incident was received, all top officials including Kondagaon SP and SDM reached the spot. The villagers surrounded the plant throughout the night. At present, heavy police force has been deployed to control the situation. Administration officials are appealing to the villagers to maintain peace by convincing them and assuring them that the matter will be investigated, but the atmosphere in the village still remains tense.

The US military has completed the transfer of thousands of Islamic State (IS) detainees from Syria to Iraq, the US Central Command has said.

CENTCOM said more than 5,700 adult male IS suspects were transported by US forces from detention facilities in Syria to Iraqi custody, in an operation that began on 21 January.

The prisoners were transferred to Iraq at the request of Baghdad.

“We appreciate Iraq’s leadership and recognition that transferring the detainees is essential to regional security,” said Admiral Brad Cooper, a CENTCOM commander.

Over the last three weeks, the US military escorted detainees from 60 different nationalities from prisons run by the US-backed and Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) in northeastern Syria to Baghdad.

The transfer began after a rapid offensive by Syrian government forces against the SDF, which has guarded the IS detainees and the facilities where they were incarcerated for years.

On 29 January, the US brokered a ceasefire deal which set out a phased integration of Kurdish fighters into the central state.

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Iraq hopes to put on trial some of the thousands of detainees, who were held for years in Syria without charges or access to the judicial system.

On the sidelines of the Munich Security Conference, Iraq’s foreign minister Fuad Hussein told Reuters discussion with “some Arab and Muslim countries” to take back their citizens had begun.

“The successful execution of this orderly and secure transfer operation will help prevent an ISIS resurgence in Syria,” said US Army Major General Kevin Lambert, commander of the Combined Joint Task Force – Operation Inherent Resolve, the US military’s operational name for the international war against IS.

Jaipur. A big controversy broke out during the Municipal Corporation’s removal of encroachment action in Amer town of the capital Jaipur. The altercation between the corporation team that arrived to take action and a woman café operator escalated so much that the matter reached the point of fighting. The video of the entire incident is now going viral on social media.

According to the information, the Municipal Corporation team had reached Amer area to remove encroachment. Meanwhile, the team started taking action at a cafe. It is alleged that when the team started confiscating the shop’s goods, the cafe operator protested against it. The woman said that the action was being taken wrongly.

As soon as the corporation workers started picking up the goods, the woman tried to stop them. Meanwhile, a female home guard included in the team caught the woman. Within no time the matter heated up.

Allegation of beating by throwing on the road
According to the people present at the spot, the female home guard threw the cafe operator on the road and beat him fiercely. A scuffle between the two is also visible in the video. The shopkeepers and passersby present in the market gathered. Some people tried to intervene, but the situation could not be controlled.

Both the woman and the home guard have accused each other of assault. Both sides are saying their own views. The atmosphere became very tense during the incident.

Police Chetak was called
When the situation started worsening, the corporation team called the police Chetak. Police reached the spot and separated both the parties. After much persuasion the matter was resolved. After this the process of action was taken forward.

Video viral on social media
Someone made a video of the incident on the spot, which is now going viral on social media. It is clearly visible in the video that a scuffle is taking place between the two. People standing in the market are also watching all this.

Awaiting investigation and cleaning
At present, different claims are coming forward regarding the matter. It is not clear what action will be taken by the Municipal Corporation and what steps will be taken on the woman’s complaint. This incident in Amer has also raised questions on the method of action to remove encroachment.

There is an atmosphere of discussion in the area after the incident. People are saying that legal action is necessary, but the method is equally important. At present the video is viral and both the parties are expressing their views.