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Viral video of new robot released by Chinese Unitree freaks out social media 88%
7/27/2026, 5:02:05 PM
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Rough terrain or rushing rivers, even busting a move here. This little robot on wheels seems to do it all. It's the newest model released from a leading high-tech Chinese company, Unitry Robotics, and it's making some people online a little uneasy.
>> Yeah, this isn't frightening at all. I'm a former infantry guy. If I saw that on the battlefield, I don't think I'm sticking around.
It's reminding folks of dystopian films and TV like this Black Mirror episode and saying this kind of expletive is the doom of us.
The Chinese company behind the creation says it'll be used for things like cargo transport, scientific expeditions, and even search and rescues.
It says the 50 lb robot can carry over double its weight, gathers real-time data to adapt to new environments using an autonomous navigation system instead of being remotely controlled.
It's really kind of the dream robot for someone who likes to be outdoors.
The function is about getting over any kind of terrain no matter what.
You know, and what AI provides in robotics is uh massive amounts of data for fast training. So, you can train them on the unexpected and the unknown much more quickly than you could previously.
>> Unities is responsible for other humanoids you've seen on your feet, too.
From kung fu bots doing an impressive choreographed routine for Chinese New Year to throwing some punches in its UFC debut.
But not all humanoid robots are hitting the target.
Last month, a video going viral of a humanoid kicking a child in the stomach in China, and the robot fails have piled up.
Like the one dancing to Michael Jackson, or at this San Francisco restaurant back in March, or a robot tripping up right at the starting line of a test run before Beijing's half marathon.
A few days later, though, the robots beat the humans.
It seems like the tech is really speeding up, but experts say we're not quite there yet.
>> Whether you're looking at China or you're looking at the US, we're not at the place where anyone could really safely bring these into the home and and expect them to do anything useful.
>> So, as the industry keeps making leaps, there's a long way to go in the robot arms race, whether they're for the battlefields or not.
Priscilla Thompson, NBC News.
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