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Unitree Unveils Real-Life Transformer Robot. Only Costs $650,000
Unitree Unveils Real-Life Transformer Robot. Only Costs $650,000
Chinese robotics firm Unitree, known for its robot dogs and humanoids, has unveiled a production-ready "manned mecha": a large robotic machine piloted by a human.
Unitree wrote on X that the manned mecha costs $650,000 and weighs as much as a car. The bipedal mecha is piloted by a human operator who sits in its belly.
The machine looks like something out of a sci-fi movie. And it tranforms into a giant robo-dog.
Chinese media outlet Global Times reported that Unitree Robotics CEO Wang...
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