The Chinese company Unitree has unveiled the “world’s first production-ready” manned robot.
Unitree Unveils: GD01, A Manned Transformable Mecha, from $650,000 👏
The world’s first production-ready manned mecha. It can transform. It’s a civilian vehicle. It weighs ~500kg with you inside.
Please everyone be sure to use the robot in a Friendly and Safe manner. pic.twitter.com/xa6eNiRDdV— Unitree (@UnitreeRobotics) May 12, 2026
The GD01 is priced from $650,000. It weighs approximately 500 kg with the pilot inside.
The torso houses a cabin for a human. In the released video, the head of Unitree, Wang Xinxin, was inside the robot.
The android can move on two and four limbs. The video shows it breaking through a wall of concrete blocks. The company described the robot as a “civilian vehicle” and urged its use in a friendly and safe manner.
The GD01 model expands the product range of the Hangzhou-based firm, which has made significant strides recently.
In December 2025, six humanoid robots G1 performed at a concert as backup dancers and executed a synchronized forward flip.
In May 2026, a Buddhist ceremony took place in Seoul, during which a humanoid robot from Unitree took vows and became a monk. At the ceremony, it was dressed in traditional grey-brown Buddhist attire.
The Chinese firm planned to sell up to 20,000 humanoid robots in 2026, compared to about 5,500 the previous year. The entry-level model, R1, is priced at around $6,000. The company sells these and other bots internationally through AliExpress.
Chinese-made androids have started appearing in airports and other logistics facilities.
Earlier, Japan Airlines, in collaboration with GMO AI & Robotics, initiated trials of humanoid robots for ground operations at Tokyo’s Haneda Airport.