Spot`s copiepast from China for $ 2700.

Boston Dynamics isn’t the only company that makes four-legged robots.

Chinese firm Unitree Robotics has also been involved in related development for many years and this week unveiled its latest creation, the Unitree Go1, a four-legged robot. The device is relatively cheap. Its price is only $ 2700. By comparison, the Boston Dynamics Spot robot costs $ 74,500.

However, the relatively low price can be explained by the poor functionality of the robot. The demo video states that the Unitree Go1 is capable of “following someone during a run” and “carrying one bottle of water.” Perhaps this is still a complete list of the robot’s capabilities. Unitree Robotics says it wants to make four-legged robots as affordable and popular as smartphones and drones. It remains only to work on the usefulness.

So far, the company only has the basic robot specification available on its website. The Unitree Go1 comes in three versions: the Go1 Air for $ 2700, the Go1 for $ 3500 and the Go1 Edu for $ 8500. Each weighs about 12 kg. More expensive models have more processor power and better sensors. The Go1 Edu version is the only one among the new products that has a software API (but it is not specified which one).

Apparently, automatic person tracking and obstacle avoidance functions are available as standard. More expensive models are also capable of a claimed top speed of 17 km / h. The manufacturer does not name a specific battery life, but only says that the robot can be “a companion for the whole day.” This statement causes a certain amount of skepticism, since the autonomy of the Spot robot is about 90 minutes.

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