Unitree G1 Humanoid Robot Hands-on
At CES 2025, you’ll get hands-on experience with Unitree’s G1 Humanoid and Go2 Canine robots, learn how to control them, and see them in action.
We’re here with a special edition of “What the Future.” It’s not every day that you get to actually touch the robots you’ve seen so many times from far away. This is unit tree G1. As you can see, it’s a little shorter than other humanoid robots, but I think that’s what makes it special. Now, let’s take a look at the details. Unitree G1 is available for purchase now from Looking Glass XR. You can see that the price is a little high. Unitree advertises it starting at $16,000, but via Looking Glass XR, the actual starting price is $28,000. This is because it can be purchased in the US market through these resellers, whereas the starting cost in the Chinese market is $160. base model. It can only be operated with a remote control, but you can see it in action. There are many ways to customize it. You can add various attachments, parts, and hands. These early units are aimed at developers who want to help build the capabilities of this humanoid robot. This is the control unit of unit tree G1. This is my first time walking around and observing the situation. It can move forward, move backwards, and turn to the right to walk. And there are some pre-programmed moves you can perform here. So I think Select A is a handshake. These hands are for display only, but there are various add-on hands that can perform different functions. I’ve seen you dancing in some videos. I don’t plan on dancing here because I think it’s a little too crowded. These movements can be pre-programmed if desired. This is the closest I’ll get to dancing with G1 while I’m here at CES. Brief information about Unitree G1. It has a built-in microphone. They are working on integrating Chat GBT and will allow you to converse with it. As for how it perceives the world, the face zone here incorporates a depth camera and LIDAR. As seen in many robot videos, companies like to make sure their products are somewhat robust. So they push them a little bit so that they can withstand all kinds of shocks that they might encounter in the real world. I’m sorry, I didn’t mean to do that, I was just testing you. got it. One of the features of Unit3G1 is that it can be folded even smaller for transportation and storage. I believe there is also an even more folded version where the legs cross and break, as you saw in some of the videos. Even tighter and more compact. This is Unitree Go2. It’s one of their four-legged robots. There’s also Go to WW, which means wheels, and these are the controls for that. So let’s have a little fun. Currently in AI walking mode. It’s like the AI is trying to plan my movements, but I’m actually in control of where I’m going. So the robot is in free avoidance mode, which makes it a little unstable. Well, that’s trying not to bump into anyone. Things and I’m hitting it in the face so it’s like backing up and you can see on the screen a map of how the robot perceives the liar’s environment and when it’s free Avoidance mode that makes sure you don’t hit anything. This is handstand mode on the go. That’s right. You can also control it in handstand mode. It moves a little slow, but it’s pretty cool. You see, it’s a robot party here at CES. Thank you to our Unit Tree friends for showing us the movement. Subscribe to never miss out on the latest and greatest. But do a kickflip. I still can’t find the kickflip button.
