Vladislav was a drone operator with the Ukrainian military. He was killed in combat in a Russian strike on 21 February this year.
At the moment their G1 is marketed at research institutions and tech companies, who can use Unitree's open source software for development.For now entrepreneurs are focussing their efforts on humanoid robots for warehouses and factories.
The highest profile of those is Elon Musk. His car company, Tesla, is developing a humanoid robot called Optimus.that "several thousand" will be built this year and he expects them to be doing "useful things" in Tesla factories.Other carmakers are following a similar path. BMW
to a US factory. Meanwhile, South Korean car firm Hyundaiof robots from Boston Dynamics, the robot firm it bought in 2021.
Thomas Andersson, founder of research firm STIQ, tracks 49 companies developing humanoid robots - those with two arms and legs. If you broaden the definition to robots with two arms, but propel themselves on wheels, then he looks at more than 100 firms.
Mr Andersson thinks that Chinese companies are likely to dominate the market."This federal government overreach is illogical, politically motivated and it comes at the expense of Californian's lives and livelihoods," said California Attorney General Rob Bonta, who said the state would sue over the move.
Trump had previously attacked California's plan to phase out gas cars, which, in part because of the state's size, was expected to have significant influence over the wider car industry in the US.Roughly a dozen other states, including New York, Massachusetts, Colorado and New Mexico had intended to follow the California rules, representing more than a third of the car market, according to the industry.
Electric vehicles, including hybrids, represented about 10% of new car sales in the US, compared with roughly 30% in the UK last year,In the UK, the