Unitree Robotics: How a Chinese Underdog Became the King of Robots
By Sam I first saw a Unitree robot on YouTube at 2 AM. I couldn't sleep. Scrolling. You know how it goes. Then I saw this thing – a robotic dog that looked like something from a sci-fi movie. It was running. Jumping. Doing backflips. Carrying a person. I thought it was CGI. I really did. It wasn't. That dog was real. It's called the Unitree B2. And it costs less than a Tesla. I fell down the rabbit hole that night. And what I found scared me a little. Not because robots are scary. Because China is moving so fast, and America isn't paying attention. Let me explain. Who Is Unitree Robotics? Unitree Robotics is a Chinese company founded in 2016 by a guy named Wang Xingxing . He was a college dropout. Not a PhD from MIT. Not a former Google engineer. Just a kid who loved robots and refused to stop building. Before Unitree, Wang built a small quadruped robot in his dorm room. People laughed. He didn't care. He kept going. Fast forward to 2026. Unitree is now the undisput...
