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Unitree G1 accidentally kicks its own teleoperator during motion-mirroring demo

S1 · 12/2025 · Unitree

Record

CompanyUnitree
Categoryhumanoid
Typeinjury
Date12/2025
Time of daynot documented
Locationno physical site (recall / fleet-wide / aggregate record)
SeverityS1 (near-miss / disclosed vulnerability)
Scale1 unit / 1 person struck
Confidencelow
VerificationYes - adversarially checked against the cited source
SourceCybernews

What happened

A viral video showed a Unitree G1 humanoid mirroring a human trainer's martial-arts movements with a control-latency delay, causing the robot to strike the trainer in the groin at the end of a kick sequence; Unitree said the routine was a buyer's own secondary-developed program and the video's authenticity was questioned by some outlets.

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