--- description: Unitree Robotics: 2025 TIME100 Most Influential Companies title: TIME100 Most Influential Companies 2025: Unitree Robotics image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltfdc8c19ef9d6674e/6998c74df1b08218996f168a/T100Companies-Unitree-Robotics.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 --- Jun 26, 2025 # Unitree Robotics Kung Fu humanoids by [Tharin Pillay](/author/tharin-pillay/) ## Tharin Pillay Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Pillay is an editorial fellow at TIME.  A humanoid robot from Unitree Robotics during the Global Developer Conference in Shanghai on Feb. 21, 2025. A humanoid robot from Unitree Robotics during the Global Developer Conference in Shanghai on Feb. 21, 2025.Hector Retamal—AFP/Getty Images At this year’s Spring Festival Gala—China’s most-watched broadcast—16 humanoid robots wearing red and white floral jackets took the stage, twirling handkerchiefs as part of a traditional dance. They were manufactured by Unitree, a Chinese robotics company that has gained global attention for its agile open-source robots seen in viral[videos](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nkh6RUocD8c "undefined") mimicking kung fu and tai chi moves. But Unitree products offer more than entertainment. Unitree’s [Go 2](https://www.unitree.com/go2 "undefined") robot dog—available from just $1,600, compared to Boston Dynamics’ $75,000 “[Spot](https://bostondynamics.com/products/spot/ "undefined")”—has been used for scouting, disaster relief, and property security. One of China’s “[six little dragons](https://www.sixthtone.com/news/1016770 "undefined")” revitalizing its tech sector and disrupting the worlds’ (the best known of which is [DeepSeek](http://time.com/collections/time100-companies-2025/7289583/deepseek "undefined")), Unitree is [expanding](https://www.scmp.com/tech/big-tech/article/3304046/unitree-robotics-profitable-2020-eyes-expansion-amid-high-demand "undefined") across the country to meet demand. Founder Wang Xingxing likes to think big. “Human beings may be the passers-by of the universe,” he has [written](https://www.unitree.com/about "undefined"), detailing the company’s vision, “but science and technology must be eternal.” ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Article","@id":"https://time.com/collections/time100-companies-2025/7289598/unitree-robotics/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/collections/time100-companies-2025/7289598/unitree-robotics/"},"headline":"Unitree Robotics","datePublished":"2025-06-26T11:28:24.000Z","dateModified":"2026-03-03T00:50:03.097Z","description":"","url":"https://time.com/collections/time100-companies-2025/7289598/unitree-robotics/","keywords":["Companies2025","list","franchise","Magazine","Special Project","sponsorshipblock","Accolades"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltfdc8c19ef9d6674e/6998c74df1b08218996f168a/T100Companies-Unitree-Robotics.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Tharin Pillay","jobTitle":"Pillay is an editorial fellow at TIME.","url":"https://time.com/author/tharin-pillay/"}],"creator":"Tharin Pillay","articleSection":"Business","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltfdc8c19ef9d6674e/6998c74df1b08218996f168a/T100Companies-Unitree-Robotics.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/business/","name":"Business"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/companies2025/","name":"Companies2025"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/collections/time100-companies-2025/7289598/unitree-robotics/","name":"Unitree Robotics"}}]}] ```