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Size and key figures
Size and key figures: SupermanSpeed: 12.7 m/s, category median 1.5 m/s.Figures against the category medianSpeed12.7 m/scategory median: 1.5 m/s (n=117)

Data from manufacturer datasheets and product pages; median over the models of this category in the database.

Humanoid robotsprototype

Superman (Hochdynamik-Demonstrator)

Rather than a product, Superman is a technology statement. The headless, handless bipedal demonstrator appeared in a Unitree video in August 2026, and the company claims a sprint of 12.66 m/s, equal to 45.6 km/h, together with a standing jump of 2 m. Both figures come solely from the demonstration footage and have not been measured independently, so they should be read as a claim rather than a test result.

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No confirmed distributor in Poland
  • 12.66m/sSpeed

Key facts

  • Specificationsspeed 12.66 m/s
  • Statusprototype
  • Availability in Polandnot confirmed

Summary

Rather than a product, Superman is a technology statement. The headless, handless bipedal demonstrator appeared in a Unitree video in August 2026, and the company claims a sprint of 12.66 m/s, equal to 45.6 km/h, together with a standing jump of 2 m. Both figures come solely from the demonstration footage and have not been measured independently, so they should be read as a claim rather than a test result.

The only published dimension is a leg length of 0.85 m; height, weight, degrees of freedom and runtime are not disclosed by Unitree, and numbers circulating in third-party databases are unsupported. Press reports describe electric joint motors with high torque density as the drive.

Coverage based on a Reuters dispatch calls the robot a prototype built in a little over three months, with no price and no launch date; the maker's website carries no product page for it. Superman therefore matters to researchers interested in highly dynamic locomotion rather than to buyers.

Whether the technology will reach series platforms such as Unitree H2 or Unitree G1 is something Unitree has not announced.

Specs

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  • Speed12.66 m/s
    +744% vs. the category median (1.5 m/s, n=117)
  • category medianA higher value doesn't always mean a better robot; it depends on the application.

Motion and manipulation

Speed
12.66 m/s

Electronics and AI

Drive
electric, high torque-density joint motors (per press)

Additional specs

Form factor
bipedal humanoid
Fingers
0
Country of origin
CN
Open source
no
Max. speed (km/h)
45.6
Hand type
no hands

Price and availability in Poland

no data

Dealers in Poland

No confirmed distributor in Poland

Applications

Typical applications

  • technology demonstration of highly dynamic motion (sprint, jump)

Target group

  • research

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History

  1. Model unveiled

  2. Unitree completes its listing on the Shanghai Stock Exchange; shares rise nearly 500% on the first day Unitree Robotics

  3. Unitree demonstrates its 'Superman' humanoid running at 12.66 m/s, faster than Usain Bolt's world record Unitree Robotics

  4. Unitree Robotics debuts on Shanghai's STAR Market, with shares opening 629% above the offer price; the company raises about $905 million Unitree Robotics

  5. Unitree demonstrates the first fully autonomous humanoid robot fight, powered by the UnifoLM-X2-1.0 model Unitree Robotics

Sources

  1. interestingengineering.com

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