Unitree GD01: China's $537k rideable transformer robot is now in production (gagadget.com)

27 points by rguiscard an hour ago

13 comments:

by tedcrilly 7 minutes ago

Wonder if the security posture is as good as the robot dog Benn Jordan tested.

by KronisLV 22 minutes ago

What would you use it for that other machines are unsuitable for? Carrying stuff? Helping with somewhat heavy construction tasks? The torso seems a bit too in the way of the hands to be useful for anything. I mean, it looks cool but might be kinda useless.

by 2ndorderthought 8 minutes ago

I could see some applications for it. But they are selling it as a mode of transportation?

by joe_mamba 7 minutes ago

>The torso seems a bit too in the way of the hands to be useful for anything.

The wide torso/cage is what's protecting the human operator should the robot fall over.

Tyeah, the ones from Avatar look cooler, but imagine you fall on your face in it, you'd get turned into mush.

by tw1984 15 minutes ago

boost the valuation of your company.

by toasty228 19 minutes ago

Wow it can even break a mortarless brick wall, impressive!

by msuniverse2026 20 minutes ago

Neat, I wonder just how far these things can be scaled.

by dragonelite 42 minutes ago

Dam china making gundams, before GTA 6.

by kasperni 19 minutes ago

I want to watch Cybertruck vs GD01

by joe_mamba 9 minutes ago

The design is very human

by micromacrofoot 16 minutes ago

so when it's on all fours you're just on your back looking skyward?

by tw1984 25 minutes ago

looks ugly.

by tenwz1 31 minutes ago

toy

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