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Doubtful, from what i've seen it really seems to be a basic toy bot, it doesn't have a tie in to any big AI models for like putting laundry away which is where the real work remainsi think


Unitree robots are "research" platforms. People buy them to do development on top of them. I think G1 basically follows that route like their Go1 / 2 quadrupled. What they are really good at is to drive down cost for their motor / reducers. I think right now they breakeven for each piece <$100 (of their quadrupled, not sure about G1's. which is insane because the MIT Cheetah design costs ~$300 to manufacture and just motor itself costs ~$70).




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