Safety
Researchers showed a wireless flaw that could give an attacker full control of Unitree Go2 and B2 robot dogs; Unitree said on 29 Sept 2025 that it had completed most fixes.
A crash, recall, injury or investigation
What the source says
“We immediately began addressing these concerns and have now completed the majority of the fixes.”
What it means
Low-cost robot dogs, from Unitree and others, is at stage 5 of 5 on our ladder: regulator-cleared or mass market. Safety events don't move a stage on their own, but they stay on the robot's record.
Human help: The maker hasn't said whether people help it remotely.
More on Low-cost robot dogs
- Unitree's stock-market filing showed it sold 33,294 four-legged robots from 2023 to 2025, as it opened its share sale in Shanghai.
- China's securities regulator approved Unitree's plan to list its shares on the stock market.
- Security researchers found a flaw that let an attacker within wireless range take full control of Unitree's Go2 and B2 robot dogs and its humanoid robots. Unitree said it had fixed most of the problems.
- Unitree launched the Go2 robot dog with a starting price of $1,600.