For years seeing a humanoid robot move was already impressive, now what begins to cause discomfort is how they move, Unitree Robotics published a new training video of its H2 humanoid robot. And the images show something that until recently seemed unique to the human body: precise punches, flying kicks, backward somersaults, impacts strong enough to topple sandbags and human beings.

H2 is the most advanced humanoid robot ever developed by Unitree, it measures almost 1.80, weighs about 70 kg and represents a clear evolution with respect to the previous model H1, which had already attracted attention for its speed at public events in China, but now the focus is not only on locomotion, it is on total control of the body in dynamic and aggressive movements.

Behind this performance is a powerful combination of hardware and software, the H2 has 31 degrees of freedom and actuators capable of delivering up to 360 Nm of torque, a level of force comparable to that of human athletes in explosive movements. These actuators are coordinated by advanced motion control algorithms that allow the robots to maintain balance, posture and precision, even during fast and complex actions such as mid-air kicks and punching sequences.

Another important advance is in the arms and hands. Unlike previous models, the H2 arms now have 7 degrees of freedom, bringing its articulation closer to the human anatomy. This indicates a clear change in priority and the robot stops being just a machine that walks well and becomes a platform capable of fine manipulation and real tasks, something essential for use in the factory, its logistics and in the future, even in domestic environments.

The images also reveal something equally relevant, the increasing use of teleoperation, although full autonomy remains the ultimate goal, Unitree is betting on systems where human operators control the robot remotely using wearable devices and even mixed reality headsets, this approach allows human judgment and artificial intelligence to work together accelerating implementation in the real world while autonomous systems mature and become safe over time.

H2 demonstrates something essential, if robots are going to operate in the real world, they need bodies capable of dealing with real forces and here is an irony, a powerful body only becomes truly dangerous when it begins to learn on its own and perhaps that is already happening.