K9 Robot: The Force Awakens

Is it starting? Is the force awakening? UNITREE ROBOTICS from China released a video of their robot dogs in early March. It is titled "The Force Awakens" and is naturally set to the Imperial March theme from Star Wars.

UNITREE ROBOTICS, similar to the US company Boston Dynamics, specializes in the production of high-performance robots. The A1 robot in the video can squat, rotate, lean to the side, and move in all directions. It measures 62 cm in length, 30 cm in width, and can carry a payload of up to 5 kg.

According to the website of UNITREE ROBOTICS, the robot dog is equipped with gesture recognition, an intelligent multi-eye depth camera, dynamic obstacle avoidance, and something called Visual SLAM. At least the last one sounds a bit like Star Wars. The AI bot is also a great running companion, reaching speeds of almost 12 km/h and can even do backflips. And all this for less than $15,000. We would love to see what the dogs from DARPA can do...

UNITREE ROBOTICS on the internet