# Robots can kung fu, but can they summit Everest?

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Pemba, a modified Unitree G1 humanoid robot, is on an expedition slated to culminate with a summit of Mount Everest. Unitree's robots can pull off impressive [kung fu](https://boingboing.net/2025/03/03/hi-yah-watch-this-humanoid-robot-practice-kung-fu-video.html) and [parkour](https://boingboing.net/2021/08/17/watch-these-humanoid-robots-do-parkour-and-sometimes-fail-gloriously.html), but all bipedal robots struggle on uneven terrain. (And sometimes even on [level ground](https://boingboing.net/2025/11/12/russian-ai-robot-face-plants-on-stage-in-viral-moscow-debut-disaster.html).) — [Read the rest ](https://boingboing.net/2026/06/16/robots-can-kung-fu-but-can-they-summit-everest.html)

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