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title: "Unitree will sell you a massive ‘transformable mecha’ for $650,000"
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url: "https://longbridge.com/en/news/286259433.md"
description: "Unitree has launched the GD01, touted as the world's first production-ready manned mecha, priced at $650,000. While the company does not specify its intended use, promotional videos showcase its capabilities, including knocking over cinderblocks and transitioning between bipedal and other modes. This move marks Unitree's expansion into niche sci-fi technology within the humanoid robot industry."
datetime: "2026-05-13T12:17:30.000Z"
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# Unitree will sell you a massive ‘transformable mecha’ for $650,000

Here’s how the GD01 (seen left) stacks up against Unitree’s CEO and existing humanoid robots. | Image: Unitree

Unitree is already one of the most recognizable names in the humanoid robot industry, but now it's pursuing even nicher sci-fi tech: giant mech suits. The Chinese robotics company has debuted the GD01, which it describes as "the world's first production-ready manned mecha," and it can be yours for a paltry $650,000.

What is it for? Well, Unitree doesn't really explain its intended functionality, but the GD01's introductory video on YouTube provides some ideas. Unitree shows it knocking over a wall of cinderblocks and switching between bipedal position (which, to me, resembles the Power Loader that Ellen Ripley pilots in _Aliens_) to a mode th …

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