Unitree Robotics

Light Origins open-sources model that turns internet video into robot skills

As of September 2026: G1 humanoid used in Light-O1 demonstrations

Robot training data is scarce and expensive. Light Origins thinks internet video can replace most of it. On September 21, the Shenzhen startup released Light-O1, a model that learns whole-body human actions from online video and adapts them to different humanoid robots.

Updated Sep 21

Humanoid robot learns to sprint and spin kick using AI trained on human motion data

New Capabilities

As of September 2026: Provided the G1 test platform

Humanoid robot videos usually show one trick per clip, each engineered until it looks right. Researchers at UC Berkeley and Stanford taught a Unitree G1 robot to sprint, spin-kick, crawl, dance and land aerial cartwheels using one training setup with shared settings.

Updated Sep 13

Unitree becomes first humanoid robot maker to list on China's public markets

Money Moves

As of September 2026: First general-purpose robotics company on mainland China's public markets

Unitree, the world's top-selling humanoid robot maker, began trading on Shanghai's STAR Market on August 19, 2026. Its IPO drew orders more than 8,000 times the shares on offer, a record for the exchange, and shares closed up 460% at 845 yuan after spiking to 1,100 yuan intraday.

Updated Sep 4

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Light Origins open-sources model that turns internet video into robot skills

Humanoid robot learns to sprint and spin kick using AI trained on human motion data

Unitree becomes first humanoid robot maker to list on China's public markets