Unitree Develops Production-Ready Mech Suit
Unitree has unveiled the GD-01, which it claims is the world's first production-ready manned mecha. This innovative mech suit can be driven or operated autonomously, and is marketed as a civilian vehicle. However, details regarding its release date and pricing have not yet been disclosed.
- ▪Unitree has developed a manned mech suit called the GD-01.
- ▪The suit can be driven or operated remotely and is designed for civilian use.
- ▪The mech suit features unique mobility, allowing it to walk on all fours and bend backwards.
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China's Unitree produces both humanoid robots and dog-bots. Now they've scaled up the former, into something that a driver can climb inside (albeit quite awkwardly). They've just unveiled their GD-01, "the world's first production-ready manned mecha," the company says. It's both drive-able and autonomous (or at least remote-controllable). The demo video is straight-up weird. First off, they're branding it as a "civilian vehicle." Imagine a city full of people commuting like this:Secondly, the company writes "Please everyone be sure to use the robot in a Friendly and Safe manner." But they've recorded this for the demo:Thirdly, you'd think they'd want to work out the ingress and egress before releasing the demo vid:The following feature is quite innovative: Since the mech suit doesn't have…
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