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Unitree's Wheeled Dog Robot Can Run, Roll and Climb
Finally, a robot dog that can escape enclosures
Chinese robotics company Unitree is the firm that dresses their humanoid robots in clothes. Their dog-shaped robots, on the other hand, let it all hang out. They recently upgraded their Go2 model with wheels:
Perhaps the most dog-like thing it can do:
There are more impressive tricks in the full video below.
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There's no word on what this Go2-W model costs, but its unwheeled Go2 sibling starts at $1,600.
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First of all, I think we should not lead a bias by using words like ' dresses their humanoid robots in clothes', which may not a objective remark on Chinese Tech industry. Then, as a id staff in Unitree(name as 宇树 in Chinese), I can tell that all the video is true and it was taken in some sports areas or living areas around our company.
Man, you guys are working the PR angle hard on this one. Can't wait to see how much you hype it when it's real.
I think this is a rendering and not actual footage. Notice the camera movements as the dog struggles with friction point getting over the fence - the camera jitters with the movement of the dog. You see this in video games as a virtual camera floats along following the center of a group of polygons.
Notice the vinyl/leather couch doesn't flex under the weight of the wheels at all. And what are these places? They look like public places, but if so then where are the people? Why aren't the leaves on the trees blowing in the wind?
The tires never flex. The focus and alignment on the center of the body is reeeaaally smooth. The flailing of the legs as it falls or take a jump is just so rapid and jerky, with no apparent collision with the ground or resulting scratches. I'm having a very hard time seeing this as real footage.
Ok, I promise I'll stop after this: look at the trellis in the fence. Where is the channel it's supposed to sit in? How is it fixed to the rails?
Not to mention the first image is blatantly AI rendered slop with a blur filter; you can see on the right leg in the image they couldn't even be bothered to render the 'bot with a transparent background so they sloppily cut around it with the wand tool to blur the region behind it.
I think Core77 can do with fewer articles that are the design industry equivalent of Amazon knock offs.
I hate robots....