Lightning

Lightning is the racing humanoid built by HONOR's Qitian Dasheng team, part of the company's first humanoid robot line unveiled at MWC 2026 on 1 March. The 1.69 m robot has 0.95 m effective leg length, self-developed joint modules with 400 Nm peak torque and a liquid-cooling system adapted from HONOR's phones and PCs. It won the 2026 Beijing half-marathon in 50 minutes 26 seconds and later set a 100 m mark of 8.83 seconds at the World Humanoid Robot Games, with a reported peak speed of 14.5 m/s. HONOR positions the robot as an extreme testbed for battery, thermal and motion-control technology rather than a product for sale.