The Unitree G1 Is a Short Humanoid Robot That Costs Just 16,000

Does anyone want to buy a humanoid robot for 16,000? The latest product from Unitree hopes that you will: Meet the Unitree G1, a "Humanoid agent AI avatar," aka a robot. If you haven't heard of Unitree, it's sort of the go-to "budget Chinese option" in the robot space. You're going to have to deal with company promotional materials that are just barely written in English, but you get some impressive bang-for-your-buck robots. You may have seen the Spot knockoff Unitree Go2, a 1,600 robot dog that various resellers have equipped with a flamethrower or just straight-up military rifles.