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Unitree is A Chinese company known for its beauty products, cheap robots that dance and mixing and so on. Last night, it unveiled its latest creation, which is a take-off thing: a giant, walking, crawling, transforming, wall-breaking “mecha” called the GD01.
An introductory video of the GD01—complete with a thunderous guitar sound—shows the company’s founder and CEO, Xingxing Wang, shaking hands with the robot before climbing into its mysterious, open stomach. A disclaimer added to Unitree’s social media page reads: “Please ensure everyone uses the robot in a Friendly and Safe manner.”
The movie reaches a point where the GD01 does not have a human pilot, but is still able to break through a wall of blocks. Unitree later shows the red-legged robot turning itself around and bending backwards and crawling on its arms and legs. (In this crabwalk, the user is lying on their back, looking up at the ceiling or the sky, but honestly who cares there.)
Unitree is a fast-growing robotics startup based in Hangzhou, China. The company already produces popular four-legged and humanoid robots. His G1 humanoids are often seen in social media videos of dancing, gymnastics, and kung-fu. This is the first entry into the big machine. (The company confirmed to WIRED that the GD01 was the real thing it was selling, not a fake.)
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