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Unitree H1 humanoid flails violently and nearly injures two engineers during test

S2 · · Unitree

Record

CompanyUnitree
Categoryhumanoid
Typemalfunction
Date
Time of daynot documented
Locationno physical site (recall / fleet-wide / aggregate record)
SeverityS2 (minor injury or single-unit damage)
Scale1 unit
Confidencemedium
VerificationCited source on file; not independently re-verified
SourceInteresting Engineering

What happened

Leaked footage from a Chinese testing facility showed a tethered Unitree H1 humanoid violently flailing its arms and legs after its balance-control software misread tether resistance as a fall, entering a runaway correction feedback loop that knocked over equipment and nearly struck two nearby engineers.

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