🚀 China's Unitree Drops $4,290 Upper-Body Humanoid—Robotics Revolution Accelerates!

Unitree Robotics (Hangzhou, China) just unveiled a game-changing low-cost bipedal humanoid—upper-body only, starting at $4,290 (26,900 yuan). Modular design with fixed base or mobile chassis, 5-7 DOF per arm (up to 31 total DOF), ±0.1mm gripper precision, and 4.4 lb arm payload.

Investor Highlights:

Builds on G1's viral feats (skating, flips, 2 m/s speed) and R1 ($5,900 full humanoid).
Unitree dominates shipping: Thousands of G1/H1 units in 2025, new factory targeting 20K+ in 2026, eyeing $7B Shanghai IPO.
Quadruped success playbook now hits humanoids—affordable hardware sparking dev ecosystems vs. pricey US rivals (Optimus)

https://interestingengineering.com/ai-robotics/china-unitree-humanoid-robot?utm_source=superhuman&utm_medium=newsletter&utm_campaign=robotics-special-japan-puts-humanoid-robots-to-work-at-airport&_bhlid=fd3c1c49adeb26094e7e89def54f9a188f3ccecc

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