How Robotics Continued Advancing Beyond Controlled Demos Last Month

Humanoid Robot Appears at White House Education Summit

A Figure humanoid robot joined the First Lady during a White House global education summit focused on AI, digital literacy, and the future of education technology.

Links:

• https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-news/melania-trump-robot-humanoid-robot-white-house-video-rcna265192

• https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/insight/melania-s-ai-teacher-push-sparks-backlash/gm-GM1AD277AE?gemSnapshotKey=GM1AD277AE-snapshot-1

  
  

Robots Compete Alongside Humans in Beijing Half Marathon

Humanoid robots participated in the Beijing E-Town Half Marathon, demonstrating growing advances in autonomous movement and real-world robotic coordination.

Links:

• https://www.bbc.com/news/videos/cz0e54yrppno

• https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/a-humanoid-robot-beat-the-human-half-marathon-record-at-a-beijing-race-but-what-did-it-actually-prove/

  
  

Galbot Demonstrates LATENT Tennis Training System

Galbot Robotics showcased its LATENT system by training a humanoid robot to play tennis using imperfect real-world human motion data.

Links:

• https://interestingengineering.com/ai-robotics/china-ai-framework-humanoid-robot-tennis

• https://www.foxnews.com/tech/robot-plays-tennis-humans-real-time

• https://www.gadgetreview.com/humanoid-robot-hits-tennis-returns-with-96-accuracy

• https://agent-wars.com/news/2026-03-16-latent-humanoid-robot-learns-tennis-skills-from-imperfect-human-motion-data

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rDvhxKjwQrg