# Gavin Kenneally

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## Timeline

- **2026-08-18**: Reuters links Go series to Army-funded Mini Cheetah — A former U.S. defense technology official and three researchers tell Reuters that Unitree's Go series shares dimensions to the millimeter with the U.S. Army-funded Mini Cheetah.
- **2023**: Unitree launches $1,600 Go2 — The commercial quadruped launches and helps Unitree rapidly dominate the global quadruped robot market.

## Recent coverage (1 stories)

### How U.S. military R&D yielded China's $1,600 robot dog for the PLA
2026-08-19 04:30:50 · Sentiment: Neutral · Impact: 7/10 · Sources: 2

Defense planners are confronting an uncomfortable reality: U.S. Army-funded quadruped research became the foundation for Unitree's $1,600 Go2, and PLA forces have already shown an armed Unitree robot on state television. The episode raises hard questions about open research, technology transfer, and Washington's ability to compete with China's state-directed robotics manufacturing.
Full story: https://getspacebrief.com/story/us-military-rd-unitree-go2-pla

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