It's a compliment to Unitree that when I first looked at this video with the latest updates to the G1 Bionic humanoid robot, I wondered if it was rendered and not real life. But it is real, this is what they are capable of, and the base model is only $16,000.
There are many humanoid robots in development, but the Unitree G1 Bionic is interesting because of its very cheap price point. Open source robotic development AI is rapidly advancing the capability of robots. Meanwhile, with chat GPT type AI on board we will easily be able to talk to them.
How far away are we from a world where you can purchase a humanoid robot that will be capable of doing most types of unskilled work with little training? It can't be very many years away now when you look at this.