Unitree sells €500,000 rideable robot

Unitree Robotics has moved from selling robot dogs and humanoids into a far more theatrical product: a piloted “mecha” that the company and outside outlets say is now being offered for sale at roughly €500,000, or about $650,000. Euronews reported on May 17 that the machine, called GD01, walks on two legs, can shift into a four-leg stance, and was shown breaking through a wall in promotional footage. (euronews.com) What makes the story notable is not just the price. The machine is being presented as a civilian, production-ready, human-piloted robot rather than a one-off lab demonstrator, according to Euronews and several technology outlets that cited Unitree’s launch materials. Reports describing the debut say the GD01 stands about 2.7 to 2.8 meters tall, weighs around 500 kilograms with a pilot aboard, and uses an open cockpit in the torso. (euronews.com) The core fact pattern appears consistent across coverage. Euronews said Unitree had “started selling” the robot, priced it at about €500,000, and aimed it at demonstration and commercial users. Other reports pegged the starting price at 3.9 million yuan, which converts to roughly $650,000 and lines up with the euro figure in broad terms. (euronews.com) The “smash through walls” line comes from the launch imagery and how outlets characterized the demo. Coverage said the robot was shown knocking through a brick or concrete wall, a choice that emphasized force and spectacle more than a near-term industrial task. That matters because the early customer base described in reports is not mass-market consumers but buyers such as commercial demonstrators, venues, or organizations willing to pay for a high-visibility robotics platform. (euronews.com) The product also fits Unitree’s broader pattern. The company’s official site and store describe Unitree as a seller of quadruped robots, humanoid robots and robotic arms, and list lower-priced humanoid systems such as the G1 from $13,500 and the H1 at $90,000 on its shop pages. That gives the GD01 a different role in the lineup: not an entry robot, but a flagship machine meant to show off mobility, scale and piloted control. That last point is an inference from Unitree’s existing catalog and the reported GD01 price positioning. (shop.unitree.com) There is still an important reporting caveat. Unitree’s public website and store, as indexed in current search results, clearly show its mainstream quadruped and humanoid products, but I did not find a directly accessible official GD01 product page in those indexed results. That means the broad outlines of the story are well supported by multiple reports, but some granular specifications are still being relayed through secondary coverage rather than a fully visible primary listing. (unitree.com) The next thing to watch is whether Unitree posts a full official sales page or technical sheet for GD01, including export availability, safety limits and delivery timing. As of May 18, Unitree’s public storefront was still centered on its existing humanoid and quadruped lines, while the GD01 was being described in outside coverage as available for commercial and demonstration customers in China and abroad. (shop.unitree.com)