{"id":"6c8d18f6-4289-4d48-b845-dd4bea1f8e92","url":"https://www.cbsnews.com/news/robots-race-china-mountain-eggs-watermelons/","domain":"cbsnews.com","outlet":{"name":"CBS News","country":"US","cred":null,"lean":null,"curated":false},"title":"Robots strut their stuff, race up sacred China mountain","plainHeadline":"Robots race up Mount Tai in 2.4-mile challenge to test endurance","rewrite":{"model":null,"at":null},"summary":["Dozens of robots competed on a 2.4-mile ascent with 1,970 feet of rise.","Competitors carried fragile items like eggs and watermelons to the summit.","A canine robot from Beijing Lingyi Technology won the four-legged speed category in 43:41.","The fastest humanoid robot finished the course in 27:26 on a shorter track.","Event at Mount Tai, a UNESCO site, aimed to train robots for real-world tasks."],"topics":["Science","AI","Environment"],"lang":"zho","publishedAt":"2026-11-02T09:56:09.000Z","ingestedAt":"2026-11-02T10:06:47.024Z","story":"https://brief.concise.news/story/2e8669a6-d4f5-468d-9081-5183a187788d","storyId":"2e8669a6-d4f5-468d-9081-5183a187788d","image":"https://assets1.cbsnewsstatic.com/hub/i/r/2026/11/02/2e93ab95-3ebe-47ed-aef7-7ab144da861d/thumbnail/1200x630/8b448a9b0a6fb13caa1491d9a16f43cb/gettyimages-2303076313.jpg","author":null,"dek":"Dozens of robots took on more than 3,000 steps up one of China's most famous peaks, many carrying eggs and watermelons in a race organizers billed as a test of real-world machine endurance, state media showed."}