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Unitree Robotics

Products: automation-operator. Risk band: Low   RobotRisk index 13.9/100 (incidents/exposure, time-weighted) · 44th percentile of 62 other companies.

Analyst brief

Unitree Robotics has two recorded events: a June 1, 2026 injury in which a humanoid robot kicked a boy during a public demonstration in Xinjiang, and a May 1, 2025 malfunction in which a Unitree H1 humanoid nearly struck engineers during testing. Both carry severity 2, producing an index of 17.2, the 56.5th percentile within the broad other category. The record is press-driven, spanning both a public-facing injury incident and an internal testing near-miss, indicating exposure across both demonstration and development settings. The two-event span across roughly thirteen months does not establish an accelerating trend, but it does show recurrence rather than a single isolated incident.

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012025 S2: 1125
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Incident log (2 unique incidents)

SevDateTypeLocationIncidentSource
S205/2025 malfunction ChinaUnitree H1 humanoid robot malfunctions, nearly strikes engineers during testing · 1 robot, 2 engineers present Interesting Engineering
S2 injury Xinjiang, ChinaHumanoid Robot Kicks Boy During Public Demonstration in Xinjiang, China · 1 robot Interesting Engineering

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