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It is also one of only two domestic manufacturers to have achieved mass production and commercial deliveries of harmonic drives for humanoid robots.

It is also one of only two domestic manufacturers to have achieved mass production and commercial deliveries of harmonic drives for humanoid robots.

It took the company 11 months to grow from its 1,000th to its 5,000th robot, 3.5 months to reach 10,000 units, and less than three months to add another 5,000 robots.

The company is a spinout from the Agibot ecosystem and focuses on dexterous-hand hardware and algorithms.

Unitree said around 90% of core components are domestically developed in-house, including motors, reducers and controllers, helping reduce overall costs.

The two-day event transformed the central plaza of Hangzhou Children’s Park into an immersive open-air technology showcase.
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Zhu’s comments come as embodied AI and robotics attract growing investment globally, with developers racing to move machines beyond controlled industrial settings and into everyday environments.

The platform is designed for universities and research institutions and will be available through Unitree by the end of 2026.

Spoken instructions are first converted into text before being interpreted by a large AI model, which then coordinates the robot’s joint motors to carry out the requested movement.

This year’s competition focuses on industrial, service and special-use applications, with all tasks derived from practical pain points identified by leading companies rather than abstract benchmarks.

Seen through that lens, GD01 is both a technological statement and a form of attention management — or, in more dramatic terms, a smokescreen.