Topic: Unitree

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Omakase Robotics completes Japan’s first humanoid PoC at University of Tsukuba Hospital

March 27, 2026 · ZEALS completed Japan’s first humanoid proof-of-concept at the University of Tsukuba Hospital, with a Unitree G1, powered by the Omakase OS.

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Unitree humanoids debut at UFC event, Dana White serves as ‘referee’

September 2, 2025 · Unitree humanoid robots held a combat exhibition refereed by UFC CEO Dana White ahead of UFC’s first MMA event in China since 2020.

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Unitree H1 earns two gold medals at World Humanoid Robot Games

August 15, 2025 · Unitree’s H1 secured two gold medals during the first day of the World Humanoid Robot Games in China, winning the 400m and 1500m races.

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VIDEOS: Unitree releases R1 humanoid, A2 quadruped robots

August 6, 2025 · Unitree released two new robots. The Unitree R1 humanoid costs under $6,000, the lowest in the market. The A2 quadruped has longer range and higher payload capabilities.

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Unitree releases new Dex5-1 humanoid robot hand

May 28, 2025 · Unitree’s Dex5-1 humanoid robot hand is capable of touch sensing, proprioception, and can grasp up to eight pounds, with design features to help it grip and grasp objects.

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VIDEO: Unitree G1 humanoids compete in robot combat tournament in China

May 27, 2025 · Unitree’s G1 humanoids represented the sole competitors in the CMG World Robot Tournament, a humanoid robot combat tournament, featuring boxing-style combat between robots.

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10 humanoid robot companies preparing for commercial deployment

February 13, 2025 · With AI advances improving simulation and deep learning, humanoid robot companies are preparing to deploy robots commercially for paying customers. Some have already begun.

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Unitree Robotics teaches humanoids to dance with motion capture data

January 9, 2025 · Unitree Robotics has updated its humanoid robots with the ability to dance thanks to motion capture data via an open-source full-body motion dataset.

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Rapid humanoid robot development ‘signals a turning point’

December 25, 2024 · Saurabh Daga, GlobalData project manager of Disruptive Tech, said improvements to AI, adaptability, and dexterity will pave the way for humanoids to replace or augment human roles.

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Robot trends 2024: Humanoids, AI pique interest across robotics industries

December 18, 2024 · Robot trends in 2024 focused heavily on humanoids, artificial intelligence (AI), collaborative robots (cobots) and robotic deployments across industries.

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NVIDIA unveils humanoid AI and simulation tools at CoRL

November 6, 2024 · NVIDIA shared Project GR00T’s six new humanoid learning workflows, Cosmos tokenizers, and NeMo Curator AI development tools at the Conference for Robot Learning in Munich, Germany.

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Unitree Robotics debuts new G1 humanoid with $16K price tag

June 11, 2024 · Unitree Robotics announced the release of its new G1 humanoid robot, a smaller humanoid compared to its H1 offering, that comes with a base model price of $16K.

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CES 2024: NVIDIA and partners bring generative AI, robotics together

January 8, 2024 · NVIDIA announced in collaboration with partners such as Boston Dynamics, Covariant and others, an increase in generative AI usage - through LLMs - to further integrate generative AI and robots.

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Unitree Introduces Quadruped Robot of Embodied AI, the Unitree Go2

July 24, 2023 · Unitree said its new Unitree Go2 quadruped robot is designed to be more perceptive, rugged, interactive, and affordable than its predecessor models, opening up new applications.

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Major Robotics Vendors Sign Letter Denouncing Weaponizing General-Purpose Robots

October 10, 2022 · Boston Dynamics, Agility Robotics, ANYbotics, Clearpath Robotics, Open Robotics, and Unitree have all warned against adding weapons to robots that are already commercially available.

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Unitree Technology Launches Z1 Robot Arm for Its Quadruped Robots

December 31, 2021 · For mobile manipulation to be commercially viable, both the platform and its robotic arm must be cost-effective and capable. Unitree has developed the Z1 for its quadrupeds.

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