{
  "id": 20112450,
  "title": "Fresh coat, lighter load: Hong Kong airport puts runway-painting robots to work",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/15/fresh-coat-lighter-load-hong-kong-airport-puts-runway-painting-robots",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-11-15T04:00:14.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "South China Morning Post",
    "slug": "south-china-morning-post",
    "url": "https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/transport/article/3374454/fresh-coat-lighter-load-hong-kong-airport-puts-runway-painting-robots-work"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Hong Kong International Airport has become the world’s first to deploy robots to repaint runway markings, cutting the time needed to refresh centre lines by about 67 per cent compared with manual painting, its managing authority has said. According to the Airport Authority, the AI-powered robots, called “Brushman”, also improve painting accuracy and worker safety, reducing the need for physically…",
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  "coverage": {
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  },
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}