Unitree to Go Public After Shipping 5,511 Humanoids in 2025

3 articles · Updated · WIRED · Aug 14

More than half of Unitree’s 2025 revenue came from humanoid deliveries to paying customers, a rare commercial milestone that helped the Chinese robotics firm turn profitable before its planned listing in about two weeks.
5,511 humanoids shipped last year at an average price below $25,000, and 43% of sales came from outside China, underscoring how widely its G1 model has spread beyond labs into real-world use.
Unitree G1 robots have become social-media fixtures worldwide—from Poland’s Edward Warchocki to Miami’s Brickell Clanker—helping drive demand through influencer appearances, events and viral videos.
US access may tighten even as popularity grows: the FCC in July banned new Chinese-made humanoid robots, leaving already approved Unitree models in a gray area and likely blocking future generations from the market.
Still, current users say the robots remain heavily teleoperated and limited in physical autonomy, highlighting the gap between viral entertainment value and the harder test of doing regular economic work.