One console for the whole robot troupe: Unitree shows swarm control system UniUni
Chinese manufacturer Unitree has unveiled a system for choreographing and monitoring entire groups of its robots – including a safety brake. The company has not given prices.
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Unitree Robotics has presented UniUni, a control system for robot swarms. It is meant to let multi-robot performances be choreographed quickly: formations and movements are planned centrally, the status of every device is shown in real time, and a safety brake can step in. According to Unitree, the scene is mapped with LiDAR to centimetre accuracy, and routines can also be set up in natural language.
Unitree had already shown coordinated group performances of its G1 humanoid robots. An official launch video shows several robots executing routines in sync.
Unitree has not yet published details on price, availability, maximum swarm size or latency. The trade outlet Humanoid Daily points out that this is a product introduction, not a technical spec sheet; whether the system works beyond stage performances remains open.