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Unitree unveils its new R1 humanoid. Starting at $5,900 and weighing only 25kg (peertube.mesnumeriques.fr)

submitted 3 days ago by yogthos@lemmygrad.ml to c/technology@lemmygrad.ml

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more info https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-07-25/china-s-unitree-r1-is-a-humanoid-robot-costing-less-than-6-000 (https://archive.ph/k0M28)

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[–] ksynwa@lemmygrad.ml 10 points 3 days ago (2 children)

Looks very impressive but what is it supposed to do?

[–] yogthos@lemmygrad.ml 7 points 3 days ago (2 children)

I imagine that these types will be able to do a lot of day to day manual labour and I can see how these can be adapted to doing stuff like household chores. The price is low enough to be consumer affordable already, and now it's mainly a matter of improving the software to make them more capable. Some practical uses are starting to show up already.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gqpK08vOEEA

[–] ksynwa@lemmygrad.ml 7 points 3 days ago (1 children)

That's cool but they shouldn't give a school robot a spear lmao

[–] Malkhodr@lemmygrad.ml 4 points 3 days ago

Something about this picture is adorable to me for some reason.

[–] TankieReplyBot@lemmygrad.ml 1 points 3 days ago

I found a YouTube link in your comment. Here are links to the same video on alternative frontends that protect your privacy:

[+] QuietCupcake@hexbear.net -4 points 3 days ago (1 children)

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[–] QuietCupcake@hexbear.net 2 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Can someone please explain to me how being worried that a technology will be used to violent racist ends (in a world where technology is constantly being used to violent racist ends) is a violation of rule 2: bigotry? wtf?

[–] GlueBear@lemmygrad.ml 4 points 3 days ago (1 children)

It might've been taken as parroting Uyghur ~~genocide~~ ~~ethnic cleansing~~ "cultural suppression" myth.

[–] QuietCupcake@hexbear.net 2 points 6 hours ago* (last edited 5 hours ago)

Yeah, I didn't see this was Chinese tech, assumed it was US or at least western. I even watched the video but just saw a demonstration set to music. I noticed the article was Bloomberg at a glance but I missed "china's-unitree" part in the url and with a title that included "Starting at $5,900" it seemed like this was a robot catering to a US market. So no, my comment had nothing to do with the fake Zenz-invented Uyghur genocide nonsense (I've posted in the past correcting libs about this). I was referring to how robotic technology is being/going to be used by cops especially in the US. But now I'm in the modlog for bigotry. Great.

(Thank you for explaining what happened, though.)

[–] Flyberius@hexbear.net 7 points 3 days ago

I reckon I could take it in a fight

[–] KrasnaiaZvezda@lemmygrad.ml 4 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 children)

Turn-A, Turn

Turn-A, Turn!

∀!

[–] TheEgoBot@lemmygrad.ml 4 points 3 days ago

Let me know when it can fit a cow in its chest, then I'll be interested