- I have said it numerous times in the past 3-4 years. I believe robotics ( not just humanoids ) will be a bigger thing / threat than AI. And currently China is at least 5 years ahead of rest of the world.
- Think of this like a car company having a racing program — building stuff like this will pay dividends elsewhere in the company; from product design to production chain. Example - boy, does that gait look uncomfortable to sit through. I can imagine wanting to spend more time on smoothness, careful foot planting, gait variations, etc. after having my R&D guys ride around in it. And with that done, I can imagine better wear cycles and faster, better looking small robots benefiting.
I’ll also note that cockpit has been padded. I’d love to see the crash outtake videos.
by erwincoumans
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- Just a matter of time until they add wheels to its feet, and the legs will act as active suspension.
See also https://youtube.com/watch?v=srPz8TRpZ_8 and https://youtube.com/watch?v=iI8UUu9g8iI (at around 1:36 a human rides that Unitree quadruped)
- highly recommend watching the Benn Jordan video which interestingly enough dropped yesterday, "Robot Dogs Are A Security Nightmare"[0].
potential backdoors, weak security and other concerns.
[0]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lA8WuXDXfcI
- Is there a video where the CEO is riding the robot? Because the video that is embedded in the X post doesn't show that at all. He is taking a seat there but it's clear that there is a puppet sitting in it (with a helmet on) when it's moving.
by KronisLV
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- What would you use it for that other machines are unsuitable for? Carrying stuff? Helping with somewhat heavy construction tasks? The torso seems a bit too in the way of the hands to be useful for anything. I mean, it looks cool but might be kinda useless.
by simonsarris
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- we spent one zillion dollars over 200 years to make flat surfaces everywhere, often perfectly flat (like inside of stores), so that ball bearing wheels can work well. We've found that tracks work even offroad. Arms, sure, but why legs?
Around a dockyard or a warehouse, a small tank with 6 arms might make more sense!
- I like the almost lego arm attachment, I enjoy the thought that in future, some kid is bolting 4 junk yard arms to a scrap roll cage to build a quadruped menace.
- Wow it can even break a mortarless brick wall, impressive!
by dragonelite
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- Dam china making gundams, before GTA 6.
- This robot is 4 times lighter and probably 15-30 times slower than the car I drive (a regular compact suv). But will this be allowed where cars aren't allowed? inside the malls? or general footpaths? I am not thrilled by it but it also feels cool at the same time. If it's something I get to play with in a theme park, I will definitely try it but for public spaces - this should be a absolute no-no.
by NooneAtAll3
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- I remember years ago there was giant robot duel
looong youtube video, a lot of unnecessary hyping - all to end in 5 second after one robot drove into the other and it just fell
looks like someone made a supercut of all the fights, and it is still too long and has uncomfortable hyping from narrator https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZTkVrRkziDI
- This confirms my suspicion that being in the cockpit of a scifi mecha is one of the most seasickness inducing experiences imaginable.
- That we're all looking at a bipedal walking robot you can sit in and ride around and no one here seems remotely impressed by this is a sure sign we're in the future.
- We got the first real-life Spiderman villain before GTA VI
- It looks like China is going to beat Japan to building a Gundam
- I want to watch Cybertruck vs GD01
- Wonder if the security posture is as good as the robot dog Benn Jordan tested.
by joe_mamba
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- The design is very human
by msuniverse2026
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- Neat, I wonder just how far these things can be scaled.
by blueblisters
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- those are some massive actuators on those joints
by moralestapia
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- Omg! Finally! Amazing :D
Can't wait to have one of mine.
- Everything get heavy when machines get this big. I wonder what the optimal height is for a bipedal robot? With humans there are limits to height as the heart has more work to do in order to reach a brain that is higher up than it needs to be, plus things like backs give out.
A lot of these humanoid robots are a tad diminutive, it will be interesting to see if that is the size that is settled on. Clearly there are constraints such as door sizes and what humans will accept, however, it will be a lot less clutter if the typical home has smaller rather than larger humanoid robots.
I have every confidence I will have Optimus by next year, running with neuralink and able to tidy my sock drawer for me. But what size will he/she be?
by AndrewKemendo
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- I’ve bought at least three Unitree products and they are great
I just wish they would to hire people from the US cause I’d love to work there
If anybody knows how to get a job there, I’ve talked with a bunch of people from the company, and they basically say “yeah we’re not hiring ever”
- toy
by micromacrofoot
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- so when it's on all fours you're just on your back looking skyward?
by mrguyorama
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- So a Biped walking on it's knuckles is "Transforming" now? The seat doesn't even re-orient. Nothing is transforming.
Nobody else seems to be noting that the hands on this thing are non-functional. They have action figure style holes!
Without really good controls, this thing can't really do anything at all.
What a disappointing "Demo". Compare this thing to existing demo "Exoskeleton" supports that US military and Japanese industry have been working on for decades, or for a more fun side, the stupid "Pilotable robots" that some company put together for a Gundam-like Fighting robot television show.
- looks ugly.
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