Would you spend $650,000 to ride a transforming mecha?
Unitree, a robotics company based in Hangzhou City, China, is offering a transforming mecha robot for $650,000. The GD01 Transforming Mecha Robot is designed for safety, featuring a roll cage for protection. However, it is currently not available for import into North America.
- ▪Unitree dominates the robotics market, holding over 70% of the global share.
- ▪The GD01 Transforming Mecha Robot is designed to be safe for users.
- ▪Currently, there are restrictions preventing the import of the GD01 into North America.
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Would you spend $650,000 to ride a transforming mecha? Séamus Bellamy 9:34 am Wed May 20, 2026 Hey! Do you have $650,000 to spend? Not interested in pissing away that cash on feeding a school full of kids lunch for a few years or helping a couple of families off the street? Then you, friendo, could soon find yourself riding around in your own giant, transformable mecha. Based in Hangzhou City, China, Unitree offers a ton of different robots that can be used to surveil enrich the lives of a population. But they also make the glorious, albeit slightly awkward-looking GD01 Transforming Mecha Robot. Given that Unitree pretty much owns upwards of 70% of the world robotics/robotic components market, there's a pretty good chance that they know what they're doing.
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