Robot Era Shows Star1 Humanoid Robots Race in Gobi Desert
Chinese company Robot Era demonstrated a race of two flagship models of robots Star1 in the Gobi Desert. One of them participated in the competition in sneakers.
STAR1 weighs 65 kg and stands 171 cm tall. The robot is controlled by an AI accelerator with a performance of 275 trillion operations per second (TOPS), which is significantly higher than the typical AI computing power in today’s best laptops, which ranges from 45 to 55 TOPS. The robot also has 12 degrees of freedom, which gives it a wide range of motion. STAR1 moved across a variety of terrain types, including grass, gravel, paved roads, and dirt roads. Under AI control, the robot was able to maintain its top speed for 34 minutes.
With a top speed of 12.87 km/h, STAR1 surpassed the record of 11.9 km/h set by Unitree’s H1 robot in March 2024. It should be noted that, unlike STAR1, H1 did not jog, but moved using the race walking method, since its legs were not off the ground at the same time.
Robot Era noted that the launch “aimed to highlight the robot’s ability to adapt to real-world natural environments” as part of a mission to introduce general-purpose humanoids for work tasks and household assistance.
