A hot potato: Recent efforts by tech companies to develop increasingly human-like autonomous robots have invited endless comparisons to the Terminator films. While the criticisms are usually made in ...

Unitree just dropped its latest creation, the R1 humanoid robot, and people are talking. At only $5,900, it's the most affordable bipedal robot we've seen so far. The low price has taken the tech ...

Leju Robotics has raised funding toward an IPO, while fellow Chinese humanoid developer Unitree showed its latest model.

China's Unitree Robotics has launched the H2 humanoid robot, a 50% heavier successor to its H1 model. The design move stands ...

The dawn of humanoid robotics is upon us, and leading the charge is Unitree Robotics, a pioneer in the field of intelligent robots. The company’s latest venture—a cutting-edge factory in ...

A Unitree humanoid robot performs Thursday, the first day of the Mobile World Conference in Shanghai. Unitree Robotics, a Hangzhou-based maker of humanoid robots whose founder recently met with ...

The inaugural World Humanoid Robot Games were held in Beijing earlier in the month. The event featured athletic challenges (such as track, football, and boxing), cognitive tests, and artistic ...

Video Friday is your weekly selection of awesome robotics videos, collected by your friends at IEEE Spectrum robotics. We ...

Pillay is an editorial fellow at TIME. A humanoid robot from Unitree Robotics during the Global Developer Conference in Shanghai on Feb. 21, 2025. At this year’s Spring Festival Gala—China’s ...

Chinese robotics firm Unitree has launched the R1, its most affordable humanoid robot, at a shockingly low asking price of US$5,900. It's hard to fathom that you can now get a walking, command-obeying ...

Among China's six Hangzhou start-ups, Unitree Robotics is one of the standout players. Founded in 2016, Unitree has been consistently profitable since 2020, achieving steady growth year after year.

Chinese startup Unitree Robotics has become a star on the emerging humanoid robot stage over the past two years, after a dancing performance by its products on China's widely watched Lunar New Year's ...