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Humanoid robot causes a stir at the ZHAW
The humanoid robot Unitree G1 attracts everyone’s attention at the ZHAW in Winterthur. The university hopes that the robot will soon be able to help in geriatric care.
Published: November 16, 2024, 06:59
Yulia Sandamirskaya (left) from the ZHAW and Wasif Noor (right) from Unitree present the first commercially available humanoid robot in Switzerland: Unitree G1.
Photo: Michael Trost
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Heavy, metallic footsteps can be heard through the crowd. Over a hundred people crowd into the Eulachpassage of the ZHAW Technikumstrasse campus in Winterthur. There is whispering, showing and filming, all eyes are on the center of the circle: that’s where Unitree G1 is moving – for the first time in Switzerland. One by one, the visitors approach the humanoid robot, shake its hand and take selfies. “Can I pat his head?” someone asks. “Will he fall if I push him?”, someone else. And finally, plain and simple: “That’s so cool!” Most are ZHAW students and lecturers.
