Unitree H1 humanoid flails violently and nearly injures two engineers during test
S2 · ~2025 · Unitree
Record
| Company | Unitree |
| Industry | Humanoid robots |
| Type(s) | malfunction |
| Date | ~2025 (year precision) |
| Time of day | not documented |
| Location | no physical site (recall / fleet-wide / aggregate record) |
| Severity | (minor injury or single-unit damage) |
| Scale | 1 unit |
| Confidence | medium |
| Verified flag | Cited source on file; not independently re-verified |
Summary
Leaked footage from a Chinese testing facility showed a tethered Unitree H1 humanoid violently flailing its arms and legs after its balance-control software misread tether resistance as a fall, entering a runaway correction feedback loop that knocked over equipment and nearly struck two nearby engineers.
Primary source
Publisher: Interesting Engineering · Retrieved: 2026-09-16
Supporting source rows (1)
| Date | Supporting source row | Publisher | Link |
|---|---|---|---|
| ~2025 | Unitree H1 humanoid flails violently and nearly injures two engineers during test | Interesting Engineering | Interesting Engineering |
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