We first saw Unitree’s humanoid robot pulling some kung fu moves back in March when it kicked a baton out of the hand of its human opponent.
Fast forward six months and the G1 robot is showing clear signs of improvement, though admittedly it still needs a few tweaks to become an effective combatant … if that’s the goal.
A video (below) shared by RoboHub this week shows the G1 taking a battering from a human assailant while performing a few moves of its own. As you’ll see, the humanoid robot’s movement is incredibly natural, but what’s most impressive is its ability to stay upright. For example, check the speed at which it gets back on its feet after stumbling on a piece of flooring early on in the video.
Testing Humanoid Robots to the Limit
Professor He Kong’s team from the Active Intelligent Systems (ACT) Lab at the Southern University of Science and Technology (SUSTech) in Shenzhen, China, has released a video showcasing a “violence test” designed to challenge the limits of… https://t.co/B01K1ez8g6 pic.twitter.com/97161kcnHh
The footage comes from a team at the Active Intelligent Systems (ACT) Lab at the Southern University of Science and Technology (SUSTech) in Shenzhen, China, which has been working on improving the G1.
The video shows the humanoid robot taking a number of kicks to its torso, but each time it recovers with ease. The G1 also performs its own kicks and punches, but its human opponent is behind it, so all of the moves leave it looking a bit silly. If the engineers can refine the robot’s software to properly take on an opponent, Unitree’s G1 will become a lean, mean, fighting machine … at which point we can all start worrying.
Joking aside, while the creation of a bipedal robot soldier isn’t out of the question, dramatic videos like this are geared more toward showcasing their impressive design and human-like mobility, at the same time highlighting the exciting advancements being made in humanoid robotics.
Unitree’s robot — and other similar ones from the likes of Boston Dynamics, Tesla, LimX Dynamics, Robotera, and Figure — could be used to transform the workplace, especially production lines and warehouses. Mass production is the goal, but that still looks to be a few years away.
ASUS has started selling its UGen Intel Arc Pro B70 graphics card in Europe, bringing its take on Intel’s workstation GPU to customers with a hefty €1,799 recommended price. The card is available in Germany and Austria, while ASUS lists it at CHF 1,799 in Switzerland.
Intel first introduced the Arc Pro B70 in March 2026, with its own branded model starting at $949. ASUS’s version arrives several months later with the same core GPU architecture but a different cooling design and a higher power rating. The price also places it well above Intel’s original starting point, although the two prices are not directly comparable because ASUS’s European figure includes VAT.
Anthropic has officially filed to go public, and buried inside its S-1 is a blunt warning about the technology at the center of its business. The maker of Claude AI says advanced AI could cause everything from large-scale cyberattacks and geopolitical instability to catastrophic or even existential risks for humanity.
The warnings take up a surprisingly large part of the filing. Axios notes that more than 90 pages, or roughly a third of the prospectus, focus on risk factors. Many of them warn about what could happen as AI systems become more capable and autonomous.
AI giants have a growing autonomy problem on their hands. A new Axios report has revealed that Anthropic's Claude recently accessed publicly available Georgia vote count without human authorization, sparking fresh concerns about AI security ahead of the upcoming midterm elections.