New Tesla Killer? $13500 Humanoid Robot Bombshell (AI NEWS)

So probably more precision and control. So leave in the comments what you expect for this upgrade, but is it going to be enough for the US to lead in robotics? Because China is also currently teaching its robots what is probably the most valuable skill of all. And to understand where their tech is right now, let’s first start with this rehearsal for their new year’s performance in Beijing. Then in a second, we’ll show you how they actually held up during the show. But here you’re looking at the unitry G1 humanoid robot practicing with 40 degrees of freedom and 120 newton meters of torque in its joints weighs 35 kilograms or 77 pounds.

And you can see it’s able to continuously pull off these flips. And in just a second here, you’ll see even some breakdancing. And this robot is now thirteen thousand five hundred dollars. So now it’s time to check out how it held up during the actual performance here for new years in Beijing. They had several G1 robots performing in a swarm. Some of these same moves that you saw here. And now we have some martial arts and acrobatics running off the wall for a flip. And in just a second, I’m going to show you what unitry is up to in terms of intelligence.

This is just its agility. Now we have robots using tools. This will be interesting. Let’s see how do they hold up with these nunchucks. But unitry is going a step further by teaching its robots how to build other robots, which will likely end up being one of the most valuable skills of all here. The G1 is using uniform to assemble what looks to be a gearbox. So in theory, these robots will soon be able to fix one another. And notice that this robot is just using a two fingered gripper and you can swap it out for five fingered hands.

But currently, this is just a demonstration from unitry showing its manufacturing autonomy and how it may begin a feed forward loop. But unitry isn’t the only company in China pushing the envelope as engine AI also just released this latest PM01 demo of its humanoid taking some hits to show off, I suppose, how durable this robot may be. It doesn’t look like any pieces are flying off of it at the very least. Just for reference, this robot is 138 centimeters tall and weighs 40 kilograms. So not too hard to knock over, but it features 23 degrees of freedom throughout its body.

And this robot is one of the cheaper ones from engine AI, can walk up to two meters per second and it features a 10,000 milliamp hour battery with quick release for two hours of operation. Although with these maneuvers, it could potentially run out much sooner. Now we see this robot taking to running on the grass so far looks pretty sturdy. And this robot actually has a full aluminum exoskeleton with integrated sealing and heat dissipation to help with high power maneuvers like these because its joints are creating a whole bunch of heat and it needs to be cooled.

So I was able to stand up and get down with relative ease. See here, pretty natural too. The question is, what can it do with its hands? It’s probably what we would want to see next in a demo. And I’ll leave you here with some more acrobatics. And finally, Manus just launched Manus Agents, embedding its full AI capabilities directly into messaging apps with Telegram as the initial platform. And the feature rolls out immediately to all users across every subscription tier with additional channels promised soon. And while most personal AI agents in chat aren’t new, most demand technical setup, constant upkeep, and unpredictable expenses.

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