Unitree Robotics, the Hangzhou-based firm behind the viral G1 robot, has open-sourced its cutting-edge algorithms and hardware designs, mirroring the collaborative ethos that propelled AI breakthroughs such as DeepSeek’s open-source models.

A month after its awkward debut at China’s Spring Festival Gala, the G1 robot executed split-second martial arts manoeuvres in Unitree’s latest demo released on Wednesday.