Humanoids
Unitree posted a video of the H1 doing a backflip and landing on the same spot. The robot is moved by electric motors, not hydraulics.
A dated step forward on the record · Company-reported
What the source says
“A Chinese company has unveiled a video featuring a humanoid robot performing a backflip to land on the same spot”
What it means
H1 and H2, from Unitree Robotics, is at stage 4 of 5 on our ladder: paying customers. Its stage is set by other milestones on its record; this one adds to the history. This line rests on the company's own announcement; no regulator, customer or independent report confirms it in our sources yet.
Human help: The maker hasn't said whether people help it remotely.
More on H1 and H2
- Unitree's shares started trading on Shanghai's STAR Market. It raised about $905 million.
- The US Federal Communications Commission (FCC) barred new models of foreign-made advanced robots from getting the approval needed to be sold in the US, unless exempted. Unitree said its existing robots already have FCC approval.
- Unitree showed the H2, the next version after the H1, in a promotional video. It is about 180 cm tall and weighs about 70 kg (154 lb).
- Security researchers found a flaw in the Bluetooth setup of several Unitree robots, including the H1, that could let a nearby attacker take control and spread to other Unitree robots. Unitree later said most fixes were done.
- A video showed an H1 hanging from a crane during a test, thrashing about and making the crane crash, narrowly missing nearby technicians. The person handling it said the robot's whole-body control software was running while its feet were off the ground.
- Unitree sold 5,500 humanoid robots in 2025, across all its humanoid models, about a third of humanoid sales worldwide. Most went to research and education buyers.