{"id":14267,"date":"2026-07-23T12:42:45","date_gmt":"2026-07-23T19:42:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/?p=14267"},"modified":"2026-09-07T12:47:57","modified_gmt":"2026-09-07T19:47:57","slug":"gd01","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/2026\/07\/23\/gd01\/","title":{"rendered":"GD01"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em><a href=\"https:\/\/time.com\/article\/2026\/07\/23\/unitree-china-human-robotics\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">from TIME Magazine<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The Robots Cometh<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">by\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/time.com\/author\/charlie-campbell\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Charlie Campbell<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Transformers are REAL: Meet the Unitree GD01 Manned Mecha!\" width=\"1080\" height=\"608\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Qx1rUs43ZcQ?feature=oembed\"  allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Spectators typically leave a UFC fight with ringing ears and a sheepish resolve to get back to the gym.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/time.com\/collections\/time100-ai-2025\/7305853\/wang-xingxing\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Wang Xingxing<\/a>\u00a0went straight to his laboratory.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI thought I could make a bigger robot for boxing competitions,\u201d says Wang, the founder and CEO of Hangzhou-based humanoid-robotics firm\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/time.com\/collections\/time100-companies-2025\/7289598\/unitree-robotics\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Unitree<\/a>. \u201cThen I thought, Why not do an even bigger one that can actually carry a human inside?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The upshot of Wang\u2019s creative fervor is the GD01, which Unitree bills as the world\u2019s first mass-produced, transformable mecha robot. Standing 9 ft. tall and weighing half a ton, it can transport a pilot in its torso-mounted cockpit, walk on either two legs or four, and wield fists powerful enough to knock down walls. Heavy-duty mechanical hinges connect titanium-alloy limbs to a protective casing of carbon fiber, enabling smooth, deliberate strides on brutish red legs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">[ <a href=\"https:\/\/time.com\/article\/2026\/07\/23\/unitree-china-human-robotics\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">click to continue reading at TIME<\/a> ]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>from TIME Magazine The Robots Cometh by\u00a0Charlie Campbell Spectators typically leave a UFC fight with ringing ears and a sheepish resolve to get back to the gym.\u00a0Wang Xingxing\u00a0went straight to his laboratory.\u00a0 \u201cI thought I could make a bigger robot for boxing competitions,\u201d says Wang, the founder and CEO of Hangzhou-based humanoid-robotics firm\u00a0Unitree. \u201cThen I [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"off","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14267","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-culture-art"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14267","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14267"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14267\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14268,"href":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14267\/revisions\/14268"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14267"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14267"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14267"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}