Unitree reveals $650,000 production-ready piloted mecha that punches through walls and crawls like a spider
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WTF?! The dream of being able to buy your own gigantic mecha is becoming a reality with the first "production-ready" suit. Created by Unitree Robotics, you can purchase the almost 9-foot-tall, 1,100-pound (with pilot) GD01 for a mere $650,000.
Chinese firm Unitree Robotics – maker of several robot models, including "budget" models – revealed the GD01 in a video with a suitably pounding rock soundtrack.
The clip shows company founder and CEO Xingxing Wang holding hands with the mecha before making what appears to be an awkward climb into the cockpit.
We then see the robot stomping off with what now looks suspiciously like a dummy in the passenger seat. The robot proceeds to show potential buyers some of its use cases. GD01 certainly seems adept at knocking down walls –...
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