A robot traffic officer at the Hangzhou Marathon: what the video shows

A humanoid at a real race

On November 1, 2026, a humanoid robot joined traffic staff near the Huanglong Sports Center during the Hangzhou Marathon in China. The machine is called Hangxing No. 2. DEEP Robotics developed it with local traffic authorities. Tide News, whose reporters covered the race, places it at the Huanglong Road and Shuguang Road junction. Its report describes spoken directions and traffic gestures. The news.com.au video shows the marathon setting and the robot on site.

The manufacturer's account says robots supported four points around the sports centre. It lists public guidance, voice messages, standard gestures and patrols on planned routes. Tide News independently confirms the robot's presence and interactions with runners. Neither report establishes how many violations it detected or how long it operated without human intervention.

What is the model?

Hangxing No. 2 is based on DEEP Robotics' DR02 humanoid platform, according to the company. It claims a height of 178 cm, IP66 protection, lidar and cameras, and a 275 TOPS computing unit. Global Times attributes those figures to DEEP Robotics. They are specifications, not independent measurements of rainy-day reliability or detection accuracy at the marathon.

The footage establishes that a large robot was present in a crowded public setting and moved during the event. Edited footage cannot show whether every gesture was autonomous, scripted or remotely supervised. DEEP Robotics says it used preset patrol routes and could stop when a passage was blocked. We have not tested those controls. Human officers remained responsible for traffic management and emergencies; the robot was described as an aid.

The useful lesson for buyers

When you watch a robotics demonstration, identify the exact model first. Separate visible behaviour from a manufacturer's broader claims. Ask what route was prepared, which staff stood nearby, what safety boundaries applied and who could stop the machine. A public deployment is more informative than a rendering, but it does not supply a maintenance record, delivered price or home-use safety test.

For a private purchase, compare the precise variant in the ROBOLERO catalogue and request a demonstration of your actual task in your own environment. Get the safety procedure, support route and total delivered price in writing. The embedded player belongs to news.com.au; ROBOLERO has neither downloaded nor republished its film. Sources: DEEP Robotics account, Tide News, Global Times, original news.com.au video.