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Unitree

Products: Humanoid, Quadruped. Risk band: Elevated   RobotRisk index 29.4/100 (incidents/exposure, time-weighted) · 98th percentile of 54 humanoid companies.

Analyst brief

The record shows eight entries from 2025 through August 2026, yielding an index of 31.5 at the 98.1 percentile within the humanoid category. The dominant failure mode is cybersecurity: five of eight entries are disclosed vulnerabilities, including root-level remote code execution flaws in the G1 and Go2 platforms, a wormable Bluetooth exploit affecting four product lines, and a firmware backdoor, culminating in an FCC import and sale bar over backdoor concerns. The remaining entries describe physical malfunctions, including a robot kicking a child during a demonstration and a unit nearly injuring engineers during flailing motion. The record is regulator- and disclosure-driven rather than incident-driven, reflecting a recurring pattern of security exposure across the product line rather than a single event.

Entries by year and severity

232025 S1: 22025 S2: 13252026 S1: 12026 S3: 1226
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Incident log (8 unique incidents)

SevDateTypeLocationIncidentSource
S108/27
2026
cyber Two root RCE flaws (CVE-2026-76639/76640) disclosed in Unitree G1 EDU · fleet-wide (G1 EDU model) The Hacker News
S307/2026 regulatory FCC bars new Unitree robot models from US import/sale over backdoor concerns · new-model imports, nationwide Tech Times
S112/2025 injury Unitree G1 accidentally kicks its own teleoperator during motion-mirroring demo · 1 unit / 1 person struck Cybernews
S110/2025 cyber Unauthenticated RCE flaws (CVE-2026-27509, CVE-2026-27510) found in Unitree Go2 · fleet-wide (Go2 model, firmware V1.1.7… boschko.ca
S209/2025 cyber UniPwn wormable Bluetooth exploit roots Unitree Go2, B2, G1 and H1 · fleet-wide (Go2, B2, G1, H1 models) The Robot Report
S2 injury Urumqi, Xinjiang, ChinaUnitree G1 robot kicks child in stomach during Xinjiang demo finance.biggo.com
S2 cyber Backdoor (CVE-2025-2894) found in Unitree Go1 robot firmware · fleet-wide (Go1 model) OECD.AI Incident Monitor
S2 malfunction Unitree H1 humanoid flails violently and nearly injures two engineers during test · 1 unit Interesting Engineering

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