# The GD01 is being billed as the world's first production-ready manned transformable mecha.

*robotics · news · 2026-05-17 · Euronews*

## Key points

- Unitree Robotics unveiled the GD01, the world's first production-ready manned transformable mecha.
- The GD01 can walk upright on two legs or reconfigure to move on four legs.
- Unitree controls 70 percent of the global quadruped robot market and sold 5,500 humanoid robots in 2025.
- Chinese companies accounted for nearly 90 percent of global humanoid robot sales in 2025.
- China's latest five-year plan prioritizes accelerating development of humanoid and advanced robotics.

**Companies:** Unitree Robotics, Tesla, Honor, Hyundai Motor Company, Lockheed Martin, Sarcos Technology and Robotics Corporation, Agility Robotics, Figure AI
**Countries:** China, United States

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