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OK this is nuts. Unitree just demonstrated a humanoid successfully riding a skateboard for the first time ever. HUSKY, developed by Chinese researchers, is a new framework that enables the Unitree G1 to push, steer, and balance on an actual skateboard outdoors. The breakthrough is physics-aware control on an... show more

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816,709 views • 1 year ago

Again, people should really pay attention to the Chinese company Unitree making these robots (and selling them - by the thousands - to consumers for a rather low $1,300): The founder is on the record saying that he ultimately wants to create "general-purpose household robots that can assist homeowners in various tasks such as washing dishes, cleaning floors, making beds and cooking". In short the humanoid helper robots that we've been seeing in sci-fi movies for decades. At this stage, if any company in the world has a shot of getting there first, it's probably them.

Again, people should really pay attention to the Chinese company Unitree making these robots (and selling them - by the thousands - to consumers for a rather low $1,300): The founder is on the record saying that he ultimately wants to create "general-purpose household robots that can assist homeowners in various tasks such as washing dishes, cleaning floors, making beds and cooking". In short the humanoid helper robots that we've been seeing in sci-fi movies for decades. At this stage, if any company in the world has a shot of getting there first, it's probably them.

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517,173 views • 2 years ago

The Information: Amazon is gearing up to test humanoid robots that walk on two legs to deliver packages. The company has set up an indoor obstacle course to test robots from a variety of companies, including Unitree. Eventually, humanoid robots could ride in Amazon’s electric Rivian delivery vans and autonomously deliver packages.

The Information: Amazon is gearing up to test humanoid robots that walk on two legs to deliver packages. The company has set up an indoor obstacle course to test robots from a variety of companies, including Unitree. Eventually, humanoid robots could ride in Amazon’s electric Rivian delivery vans and autonomously deliver packages.

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394,987 views • 1 year ago

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Okay, this is actually insane. 🪜 A humanoid that climbs a ladder — then performs tasks from it. Amazon FAR’s LadderMan learns ladder climbing in simulation, transfers zero-shot to a real Unitree G1, and supports stable on-ladder manipulation under tight ladder constraints. The demo: climb, stabilize, adjust a wall painting, hand off a box from a high shelf, tighten a light bulb. That last part matters because ladders are brutal for humanoids: sparse footholds, limited handholds, noisy depth, and almost no margin for balance errors. This is what real human spaces actually demand — not just flat floors.

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I built the world's first buyer's directory for humanoid robots. Tesla Optimus, Figure 02, 1X Neo, Unitree R1, AgiBot, Apptronik Apollo. Every robot side-by-side. Compare any two like you'd compare two cars. What's inside: → 308 humanoid robots catalogued → Compare on price, payload, height, walking speed, and funding → Filter by use case (manufacturing, home, healthcare, defense) → Live ticker of every shipment, launch, and customer deploy → Submit any humanoid I missed A few things that surprised me building it: → Only 66 of 308 are shipping today → Only 32 publish a price → Only 30 have a verified customer deploy → Cheapest shipping robot is Unitree R1 at $4,900. The highest price I've seen is $250,000. P.S. Find a bug, DM me. I'll fix it same day.

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32,228 views • 4 months ago