HANGZHOU, Aug. 15 -- Zhejiang University in east China on Tuesday said that its quadruped robot, named White Rhino, had completed a 100-meter sprint in 16.33 seconds, breaking the previous world record of 19.87 seconds set by a robot named Hound from the Republic of Korea.

This achievement, notably, is a new Guinness World Record for the fastest 100 meters time by a quadruped robot.

The current world record for 100-meter sprint by a human being is 9.58 seconds, set by Usain Bolt in 2009 in Berlin.

White Rhino was developed jointly by the university's Center for X-Mechanics, School of Aeronautics and Astronautics, and the Hangzhou Global Scientific and Technological Innovation Center.

The record was set at a test site in Hangzhou, capi...