Unitree, a robot manufacturer based in Hangzhou, released a new video yesterday showing a person clad in black straps and sensors standing on a gym mat. Just across town, a G1 robot is in the exact identical attitude. At first appearance, there is no discernible difference between a human punch and a robot punch. They refer to this setup as an Embodied Avatar.
When you put on the suit, 23 small trackers light up all over your body: arms, legs, and torso. If you include the gloves, the total rises to 43. Every minuscule movement is transmitted to an edge computer about the size of a lunchbox. The info is subsequently transmitted to the G1’s joints in a matter of milliseconds. The robot’s motors can exert 120 newton-meters of twist, which is powerful enough to throw a good hook or delicately place a coffee cup in the fridge without dropping a drop.
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Unitree’s UnifoLM brain serves as the system’s heart. It’s a brilliant piece of software that allows the robot to perform straight-up copycat maneuvers while still having rapid reflexes to catch you if you step off a curb incorrectly. Watch the video: the operator hops, spins, and shadowboxes, and the G1 mimics every move while maintaining its feet firmly on the ground.
Halfway through the video, the lights dim and you are in a clean apartment. Same outfit, same operator, but this time they are carrying out chores. The robot glides quietly to the sink, grabs a sponge, and wipes a dish clean. It then runs a vacuum behind the couch, folds a T-shirt into a perfect square, and lays a water bottle on the middle shelf.
When you launch the beta software on a phone, tablet, or VR headset, the feed appears: your arms overlaid over the robot’s arms, which light green. Twist your wrist, and the grippers will twist. Leaning forward causes the torso to pitch. Future firmware adds tiny vibration motors to the gloves, allowing you to feel the sponge squish or the cup rim hit the shelf. When you close the loop, the gap disappears—you’re borrowing a body rather than piloting a drone.
Beta keys for labs and businesses became available yesterday. Unitree will introduce multi-robot mode next quarter, with one operator, five G1s, and an instant assembly line, while end-to-end encryption safeguards every movement. Best of all, the pricing stays unchanged from last spring: the base G1 starts at 99,000 yuan ($13,900).
