Watch: Two very different humanoid robot updates from Tesla & Unitree

Brand new videos on the Tesla and Unitree humanoids perfectly illustrate the different approaches behind these two cutting-edge robots. Optimus is clearly focused on useful work, ASAP – while the Unitree G1 is becoming surprisingly agile and athletic.C… Continue reading Watch: Two very different humanoid robot updates from Tesla & Unitree

Watch: Two very different humanoid robot updates from Tesla & Unitree

Brand new videos on the Tesla and Unitree humanoids perfectly illustrate the different approaches behind these two cutting-edge robots. Optimus is clearly focused on useful work, ASAP – while the Unitree G1 is becoming surprisingly agile and athletic.C… Continue reading Watch: Two very different humanoid robot updates from Tesla & Unitree

Video: $16,000 humanoid robot ready to leap into mass production

China’s Unitree Robotics is a relatively recent entry in the general-purpose humanoid robot space, but its $16,000 G1 model is already proving itself to be quite the performer. So much so that the company has now revealed a version that’s ready for mas… Continue reading Video: $16,000 humanoid robot ready to leap into mass production

Watch: Walls, furniture and stairs prove no match for wheeled robodog

Around this time last year, Chinese robotics company Unitree caught our attention with the impressive circus tricks and GPT chat capabilities of its $1,600 second-generation robot dog. Now the company has wheeled out an all-terrain upgrade.Continue Rea… Continue reading Watch: Walls, furniture and stairs prove no match for wheeled robodog

Autonomous humanoid robot shadow-boxes, but Kung Fu is weak

Zipeng Fu, Qingqing Zhao, and Qi Wu, researchers at Stanford University near Palo Alto, CA, have developed a human-like robot, dubbed HumanPlus, that’s capable of learning to autonomously do human tasks by first copying them. The team uses a full-stack… Continue reading Autonomous humanoid robot shadow-boxes, but Kung Fu is weak

Video: $16k G1 humanoid rises up to smash nuts, twist and twirl

Humanoid development at Chinese robotics company Unitree continues apace. Following its entry into the melee just last year, its fast-walking H1 bot recently got its backflip groove on. Now the faceless and hand-less humanoid is being joined by an impr… Continue reading Video: $16k G1 humanoid rises up to smash nuts, twist and twirl

Video: Unitree H1 is first humanoid to nail a backflip without hydraulics

After setting a new world speed record for humanoid robots earlier this month, China’s Unitree is now claiming another. Its latest H1 bipedal takes the title for first to perform a standing backflip without the use of hydraulics.Continue ReadingCategor… Continue reading Video: Unitree H1 is first humanoid to nail a backflip without hydraulics

Unitree’s H1 humanoid breaks world speed record and tackles stairs

Interesting foot placement there! The H1 is showing some remarkable speed and agility

China’s Unitree Robotics is claiming a new world speed record for its H1 humanoid robot. In a just-released video, the bipedal bot is pictured hustling along at a claimed 3.3 meters per second (11.9 km/h or 7.4 mph) … and the fun doesn’t stop there.

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The Seeing Eye Dog V2.0 is shaping up as a gamechanger

An important new iteration of the robotic seeing eye dog was shown to the world this week, when Glasgow University showed off RoboGuide, an AI-powered quadruped for visually impaired people. The future for robotic canine assistants looks not just comme… Continue reading The Seeing Eye Dog V2.0 is shaping up as a gamechanger