How U.S. military R&D yielded China's $1,600 robot dog for the PLA
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.