This $2,700 robot dog will carry a single bottle of water for you
Boston Dynamics isn't the only company that makes futuristic quadrupedal robots. Chinese firm Unitree Robotics has also been at it for years, and this week revealed its latest creation: the Unitree Go1, a robust-looking four-legged bot that's remarkably cheap, with prices starting at just $2,700. (For comparison, Boston Dynamics' Spot robot costs $74,500.)
What is the Go1 for, though? Well, a demo video shows it being put to such useful tasks as following someone on a run" and carrying a single bottle of water." Sure it's not practical to have a robot butler for your phone and wallet, but it makes a statement on a night out.
More realistically, the robotics industry is still exploring the best applications for these sorts of machines....