Unitree Robotics, a company developing humanoid robots and high-performance quadruped robots in China, opened Asia's first Embodied AI Experience Center on May 30 inside the "Jiuguang Department Store" in Jing'an District, Shanghai.

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According to China's International Finance News, since its opening, many visitors, including foreigners, have visited, and it has become a hot topic on social media.

Nearly half of the approximately 100-square-meter hall is a display space for various products such as humanoid robots "G1" and "R1", and its center is a performance area dedicated to the robot dog "GO2 PRO". Large displays are also installed, constantly playing promotional videos and test videos of various products.

Inside the hall, many foreigners were seen taking selfies with the robots and filming the robot dog's performance with their smartphones.
Founded in 2016, Unitree develops, manufactures, and sells high-performance quadruped robots and 6-axis robotic arms for consumers and businesses, and gained attention when it unveiled its humanoid robot "G1" in 2024. By the end of May 2026, it had opened its first directly managed flagship store in a commercial facility in Wangfujing, Beijing.

The company's humanoid robots made headlines by performing traditional Chinese dances on the popular annual Spring Festival Gala (Chunwan) in 2025, and again by performing martial arts at the 2026 Spring Festival Gala. In April 2026, it released a video of its humanoid robot "H1" running on a track at 10 meters per second, announcing that it had broken the world record for running speed in a 100-meter dash by a humanoid robot. The demo video of the world's first mass-produced manned deformable robot "GD01," released in May, also attracted attention.

In March, its application for an initial public offering (IPO) on the STAR Market (科創板), a market for high-tech emerging companies of the Shanghai Stock Exchange, was accepted, and it passed its listing review on June 1. According to the prospectus, it plans to raise 4.2 billion yuan (approximately 96.6 billion yen) through this IPO to strengthen its research and development of humanoid robots and AI models. (Translated and edited by Yanagawa)