Hyundai acquires controlling stake in Boston Dynamics for $880M

Re:Hyundai acquires controlling stake in Boston Dynamics for... by ionwake on Tuesday June 22, 2021 @05:47AM (#27589697)

1- Unitrees robot looks identical - though it looks like it lacks Lidar?

2- Is the Unitree robot so similar because of talent poaching or just a coincidence?

3-How could a person invest in a company like unitree?

Thanks

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Re:Hyundai acquires controlling stake in Boston Dynamics for... by helsinkiandrew on Tuesday June 22, 2021 @06:09AM (#27589825)

The more expensive versions of the Go1 have Lidar.

Robot dogs are going to look like dogs - a body with legs. According to the about page, the CEO has been developing quadruped robots since 2013 (his masters thesis). https://www.unitree.com/aboutus

Looks like they've take venture capital money: https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/unitree-robotics

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