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Tech Computing # Unitree's Big Humanoid Robots Are Fighting Now Chinese robotics company Unitree has revealed its much larger humanoid robot, the H2, can fight. We dig into all the hidden details in the company's latest demo videos.
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AGIBOT announced on December 8, 2025 that it has rolled out its 5,000th mass‑produced humanoid robot, highlighting improvements in stability, reliability and durability and underscoring its aim to supply practical, general‑purpose robots to a broader range of industrial users. At the Silicon Valley humanoid‑robot summit held on December 11‑12, 2025, Chinese manufacturers dominated the exhibition, with Unitree’s larger H2 humanoid drawing particular attention for its newly demonstrated fighting capabilities—punches, kicks and knee strikes—while its smaller G1 model continues to showcase tele‑operated agility. The event also featured Agility Robotics’ tote‑carrying warehouse robot Digit being trialled at a Texas distribution center for Mercado Libre, and commentators noted the absence of updates from Tesla’s Optimus project despite earlier promises of a near‑term commercial launch. Overall, the latest coverage reflects a rapid expansion of mass‑produced humanoids, heightened interest in advanced locomotion and combat demos, and growing deployment of service‑oriented robots in logistics.
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Unitree's Big Humanoid Robots Are Fighting Now
Chinese robotics company Unitree has revealed its much larger humanoid robot, the H2, can fight. We dig into all the hidden details in the company's latest demo videos.
Jesse Orrall Senior Video Producer The robotics company has been making a name for itself through viral videos and tests of agility, as well as taking home the most gold medals of any company at China's first World Humanoid Robot Games earlier this year.
In addition to showing its H2 in fight mode, hidden details in recent demos also shine a light on Unitree's teleoperation system, how new hands are unlocking new capabilities, and what may be coming next in the rapidly evolving world of humanoid robots. New video from Unitree shows their nearly 6-foot humanoid robot throwing punches, kicks, knees and literally breaking pieces off of the company's much smaller G1 humanoid.
Unitree first revealed it had been training its comparatively short G1 robots to fight earlier this year, but seeing the same kickboxing moves and similar agility in a full-size humanoid is jarring.
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