Unitree Unveils 'Superman' — 12.66 m/s Top Speed and a 2-Meter Standing Jump on 0.85m Legs — Two Days Before Its $9B Shanghai IPO
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Unitree previewed the Superman humanoid on 2026-08-17, claiming 12.66 m/s (45.6 km/h) and a two-meter standing high jump, built by its engineers in a little over three months. The robot has no hands or grippers and exists purely to push locomotion limits. The timing is the tell: trading opens 2026-08-19 on a heavily oversubscribed offering valuing Unitree near $9 billion, making it the first general-purpose robotics company listed on mainland China's market. r/singularity gave it 509 upvotes, with a former professional runner noting the Bolt comparison uses a running start rather than a dead start.