Unitree As2-W

MehrdadKhnzd 114 points 48 comments July 24, 2026
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Discussion Highlights (14 comments)

SilverElfin

Impressive … and scary. Why is it that this company is moving so fast when others like Boston Dynamics don’t seem to have made much progress?

lostmsu

What's the price?

Aboutplants

This is way more of what I thought robotics companies should be working on over their dumb 4 legged dog like robots. Wheels were invented for a reason and we are awfully good at moving things around on them at speed. Combining multiple attributes into a single form will ultimately prove to be the winning formula. Just like in a year or two you will start to see more appendages than just two arms on humanoids.

yigalirani

imagine that a an atv

ThirdShift_RnD

This thing reminds me of something out of Death stranding, Hideo Kojima was way ahead of his time

arjie

They never give you dev access without paying like 10x the price.

orbital-decay

I'd love to see an ebike-like vehicle in this spirit. Meant to be ridden, self-balancing, and all-terrain capable.

bijowo1676

how is this robot seems to have perfect traction ? its either rolls perfectly without traction or walks uphill with perfect traction ? is it AI generated video or did they make some groundbreaking success ? or is it just promo video, showing future potential, not yet developed capabilities ?

altruios

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lA8WuXDXfcI relevant link. I remember watching this video with the takeaway: if you want it secure, build it yourself... which is what I am currently doing.

jareklupinski

when can i hop on its back and ride it like an all-terrain ultra-longboard?

UltraSane

I love 4 leg robots with wheels because it is a form of locomotion that evolution didn't create and seems to be wildly effective with the wheels allowing for very fast movement on smooth surfaces and the legs acting like a suspension with huge travel range on rough surfaces and then it can switch to walking mode with the wheels acting like ankles. And they can step over obstacles or step up to higher surfaces.

tamimio

I tried Unitree qugv and they were garbage, not so sure about this one

nickandbro

Very cool tech, but don’t want one of these things coming after me

mosfets

I've always wanted something to carry my fishing gear on the jetty, can this do that?

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