https://it-news.uk/tags/unitree/ Recent content in Unitree on IT News Hugo en-us Sun, 12 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0800 https://it-news.uk/posts/unitree-robots-consumer-pcs-analogy/ Sun, 12 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0800 https://it-news.uk/posts/unitree-robots-consumer-pcs-analogy/ <p>There&rsquo;s a recurring analogy making the rounds in robotics circles: the industry right now, with legged robots still figuring out where they fit in the real world, looks a lot like the PC market in the mid-1990s. The hardware worked. The software was catching up. And nobody could quite predict which application would make every home buy one.</p> <p>Unitree Robotics founder Wang Xingxing became the latest to make this comparison explicit. Speaking at the 2026 Wangfujing Forum in Beijing on July 10, he argued that robots are already moving beyond labs and into everyday life — not just as gadgets, but as platforms, tools, and performers.</p>