Unitree’s Humanoid Robots Dazzle with Kung-Fu at Lunar New Year Gala

Unitree Robotics showed off its G1 and H2 humanoid robots performing autonomous kung fu at Beijing’s Lunar New Year gala, claiming several world-first feats including continuous freestyle table vaults, a high aerial flip near 3 meters, and a two-step wall-assisted backflip. The demonstrations were enabled by AI improvements, lidar-based localization, and stronger joints and dexterous hands, highlighting advances in embodied AI and multi-robot coordination that could extend to real-world applications beyond entertainment.