A three-day walk would be hard enough for humans, but for robots, it might as well be a trek around the world.

An AgiBot A2 unit, developed by Chinese firm Zhiyuan Robotics, recently completed a 66-mile pilgrimage from Jinji Lake in Suzhou to Shanghai. The whole trek lasted three straight days, and set a new Guinness world record for “longest journey walked by a humanoid robot,” CBS reported.

Apparently, the bot was even a model citizen as it completed its journey across highways and busy urban roads. In a statement, the company said the AgiBot “navigated varied surfaces… all while adhering to traffic regulations.”

Though the AgiBot only has a max standing battery life of three hours, a novel hot-swap battery system meant the robot could continue its long march without ever powering dow

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