Video: $16,000 humanoid robot ready to leap into mass production
newatlas.com
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 mass production.
  • just_another_person@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    21 days ago

    Okay, so it jumps around and self-balances…cool?

    It also seems like it can flip a piece of bread in and out of frying pan for some reason, but it’s obviously pre-recorded motion because there’s no sensory input per their site. So it’s basically just a robot that can do repetitive pre-recorded tasks so far. I don’t know why you’d need this to be mobile and walking.

    • glimse@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      21 days ago

      These companies really need to stop pripritizing making robots humanoid when they don’t need to be