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Owen Hughes

Unitree's H2 robot poses, pirouettes and pulls off deft karate moves with eerily lifelike movement

Unitree’s H2 humanoid pirouettes on stage.

Chinese engineers have published a video of a robot that moves so fluidly you'd be forgiven for thinking it's artificial intelligence (AI) generated.

Yet it’s very much real. The video — which is quickly amassing views on social media — actually shows off the latest creation by China's Unitree Robotics. Named Unitree H2 "Destiny Awakening", the smooth-moving humanoid robot stands 5 foot 11 inches (180 centimeters) tall and weighs 154 pounds (70 kilograms) — making it around the size and weight of an adult man.

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