Overview
- Unitree unveiled the 'Superman' humanoid and said it hit a top speed of 12.66 metres per second and cleared a 2‑metre standing jump, a claim published on Monday that the company says was achieved after about three months of engineering work.
- The company raised roughly 6.1 billion yuan in a STAR Market initial public offering that values Unitree near $9 billion and recorded a retail subscription more than 8,000 times the offering tranche.
- Unitree has not provided independent testing or third‑party verification of the robot’s speed and jump and describes the machine as a work in progress that can be improved further.
- The firm reported about 1.7 billion yuan in 2025 revenue and said it shipped thousands of humanoids last year and roughly 18,000 cumulatively by July, but most units went to research and entertainment customers rather than large‑scale factory deployment.
- The reveal and IPO come as Chinese robotics firms dominate shipments, offshore derivatives pointed to strong debut expectations, and export scrutiny has tightened with recent U.S. moves to restrict imports of advanced foreign robots.