Comment by WXLCKNO

>A lot of their videos look like CGI but apparently the product is real.

I bought their robot dog as part of a project to build embodied AI models back in 2022.

Their SDK was far more open than anything else on the market and the stock firmware was on par with competitors, this includes products that were x10 the price.

The robot itself scared dogs in the park, but kids loved it. At $3k it's on par with a mid range drone and quite fun to hack on.

Take any of these videos with a grain of salt.

In demos these robots only need to do well once and it can take hours to record.

In real life, a failure rate of 80% is unnacceptable, but perfectly fine to edit out in the final cut media.

I hope they do well, this area is incredibly hard, but it will take a lot more than what people imagine.

I'm really shocked tbh.

I can't imagine the progression of ai and in particular robots but I assumed that the first robot would cost min 6 figures if not 7 but would still be worth it due to 24*7 and initial invest vs long term.

But the fact how good Gemini robotics is already and how cheap the first models are I do believe what will hinder us more than tech is people learning about it, testing it out and doing it but not technology.

I believe the world will look relevant different in 10 years.

The humanoid is $20k-ish without hands. Each hand currently costs another $20k (and not sure if these are available to everyone or only for research).

Their robots are real enough, and they are well designed.

You can see more details in this video "Tearing Down the Unitree Go2: A Robotics Expert's Deep Dive":

https://youtu.be/YjVbW6Fc11Y

TBH, I still wonder if some of their videos are CGI. They offer real versions for sale, but they seem to be significantly more limited than the videos imply.

Have they actually demonstrated the more dramatic stuff at any in-person demos?