WRITTEN BY: ADAM POND

USAIN WHO?

Who’ d have thought Usain Bolt’ s long-standing 100-metre world record would eventually be shattered by … a robot? Developed by Chinese manufacturer Honor, the rapid humanoid, named Lightning, clocked a staggering time of 9.32 seconds during a test event for the second World Humanoid Robot Games in Beijing, China. Lightning reached a peak speed of 14.5 metres per second as it obliterated Bolt’ s time of 9.58, set 17 years ago at the World Athletics Championships in Berlin.