I'd be more scared of MQ-9 dropping a JDAM or R9X on my head than this thing running around. They're proven to be undetectable to human targets. That's scarier to me than this thing running around catching wires and bushes.
>> High Payload:
>> Static 150 kg;
>> Continuous walking payload approx. 16 kg
And on top of that:
>> Long Endurance:
>> Unloaded 3h+ (>33 km);
>> Loaded > 2h (>16 km)
16 kgs for two hours max is not "extremely valuable to any military". It's hardly even valuable to a leisure camper. You might be able to get this to carry some of your stuff if you go on a short hike, but if you were thinking of going camping and having it carry your camping gear, you can forget about it.
There's already plenty of systems like that, e.g. Ukraine's TW 12.7 [1] or even the MAUL used in rescue missions [2].
What is the niche targeted by Unitree with this robot? What are they selling, exactly; and to whom?
It's worth asking those questions if one wants to go beyond the excitement of watching a cool demo, and towards understanding the state of the art in robotics. Lots of cool videos of robots doing all sorts of impressive stuff around, but those are heavily edited and carefully curated to show what the vendor wants to show. The question is how much of that ends up in use in real-world situations, from homes, to roads to battlefields. The answer usually is: very little.
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[1] https://theconversation.com/ukraines-killer-robots-show-how-...
[2] https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2025/11/17/robot-coff...