# Unitree Robotics has unveiled a 2.8-metre transformable mecha that a human pilot climbs inside and operates from an open cockpit in the torso.

*robotics · news · 2026-05-14 · TNW*

## Key points

- Unitree shipped more humanoid robots than Tesla in 2025, becoming the top manufacturer by volume.
- Unitree's $650,000 GD01 is the world's first production-ready manned mecha, capable of bipedal and quadrupedal transformation.
- Unitree has dominated with 70% of the global quadruped robot market and 335% revenue growth in 2025.
- Unitree filed for a $7 billion IPO on the Shanghai Stock Exchange as the first pure-play robotics listing.
- Technologies developed for GD01 directly support Unitree's upcoming commercial industrial humanoid robots.

**Companies:** Unitree Robotics, Alibaba, Tencent, China Mobile, Geely Capital, Ant Group, Jinqiu Capital, HongShan Capital
**Countries:** China

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