The Next Big Influencer Is This 4-Foot-Tall Robot From China
The Next Big Influencer Is This 4-Foot-Tall Robot From China
下一位顶流网红：这台来自中国的四英尺高机器人
When Edward Warchocki speaks with you, he sounds like a regular guy. “Not super intelligent, but very emotional, very easy to make friends with,” says Bartosz Idzik, the person who created him. But when he doesn’t talk, it’s harder to forget what Warchocki really is: a 4-foot-tall humanoid robot that’s wandering the city streets of Poland.
当爱德华·瓦尔乔基（Edward Warchocki）与你交谈时，他听起来就像个普通人。他的创造者巴托什·伊齐克（Bartosz Idzik）说：“他算不上特别聪明，但非常有情感，很容易交到朋友。”但当他不说话时，人们很难忘记他的真实身份：一个游荡在波兰街头的四英尺（约1.2米）高的人形机器人。
Six months ago, Idzik and his friend Radosław Grzelaczyk had the idea of buying a humanoid robot from China. They named it “Edward Warchocki” after Grzelaczyk’s dog Eddie and the Polish word for growling, “warczeć,” but also because it sounds like a passable name for a Pole. The first few days they took Edward out, it couldn’t speak, and people were clearly scared of it. Then Idzik, a software developer, wired Edward to a large language model that made it capable of having live conversations in Polish.
六个月前，伊齐克和他的朋友拉多斯瓦夫·格热拉克（Radosław Grzelaczyk）萌生了从中国购买人形机器人的想法。他们给它取名为“爱德华·瓦尔乔基”，这个名字源于格热拉克的狗“埃迪”（Eddie）以及波兰语中表示“咆哮”的词“warczeć”，同时也因为这听起来像个地道的波兰人名。最初带爱德华出门的几天，它还不会说话，人们显然对它感到恐惧。随后，身为软件开发人员的伊齐克将爱德华接入了一个大语言模型，使其能够用波兰语进行实时对话。
“When he started to talk, people loved him. Without talking, it’s just a 40-kilogram machine,” Idzik says.
“当他开始说话时，人们就喜欢上他了。如果不说话，他不过是一台40公斤重的机器，”伊齐克说。
Edward soon made lots of friends. It visited the Polish parliament and talked to politicians, hiked up mountains and waded in the lake, and was jokingly arrested by the police. In April, a video of it chasing away wild boars in Warsaw, armed with a backpack and a Rolex, went viral worldwide. By now, Edward has over 1 million followers and 4 billion views across social media.
爱德华很快交到了许多朋友。它参观了波兰议会并与政客交谈，爬过山、涉过湖，还曾被警察“开玩笑式”地逮捕。今年四月，一段它背着背包、戴着劳力士在华沙驱赶野猪的视频在全球走红。截至目前，爱德华在社交媒体上已拥有超过100万粉丝，播放量高达40亿次。
In 2026, you must have seen at least one of these humanoid influencers vibing around the world. There’s “Rizzbot,” which wears a cowboy hat and flirts with passersby on the streets of Austin; “Bart Robot,” which was breakdancing with Knicks fans in New York, celebrating the team’s historic championship; and the “Brickell Clanker,” which changed into different jerseys to party with World Cup fans after each game.
到了2026年，你一定在世界各地见过至少一位这样的人形网红。比如戴着牛仔帽在奥斯汀街头与路人调情的“Rizzbot”；在纽约与尼克斯队球迷一起跳街舞庆祝球队历史性夺冠的“Bart Robot”；以及在每场比赛后换上不同球衣与世界杯球迷狂欢的“布里克尔叮当”（Brickell Clanker）。
But unless you’ve been paying close attention, you probably haven’t realized these robots are all the same model: Unitree G1, one of the most available and affordable humanoid robots on the global market today, made by a Chinese company that’s leading the robotics industry. The G1 is about the size of a child, with a hollowed-out face with a ring of blue light and light-gray limbs made of aluminum. It’s going on America’s Got Talent, showing off kung fu, having boxing matches, parkouring, dancing at concerts, running with kids, cooking (but failing), streaming with Kai Cenat, begging for money, dating itself, being ordained as a monk in Japan and Korea, and praying at a mosque in Dubai.
但除非你一直密切关注，否则你可能没意识到这些机器人其实都是同一个型号：宇树科技（Unitree）的G1。这是目前全球市场上最容易获得且价格最亲民的人形机器人之一，由一家引领机器人行业的中国公司制造。G1的大小与儿童相当，拥有一张带有蓝色光环的镂空脸庞和浅灰色的铝制四肢。它登上了《美国达人秀》，展示功夫、进行拳击比赛、玩跑酷、在演唱会上跳舞、与孩子们奔跑、尝试做饭（虽然失败了）、与Kai Cenat一起直播、乞讨钱财、与自己约会，甚至在日本和韩国受戒为僧，还在迪拜的清真寺里祈祷。
An anonymous shitposter on X put it: “This clanker is lit as fuck!”
X平台上一位匿名网友评价道：“这台铁皮机器简直酷毙了！”
Unitree will go public on the Chinese stock market in about two weeks. Its financial disclosure tells how popular the company’s products are: Unlike most robot companies whose products are still being tested in labs, more than half of Unitree’s 2025 revenue came from delivering humanoid robots to real customers. It shipped 5,511 humanoids in 2025 at an average price of less than $25,000 each. And 43 percent of all sales came from outside China. The company also became profitable for the first time last year.
宇树科技将在大约两周后在中国股市上市。其财务披露显示了该公司产品的受欢迎程度：与大多数产品仍处于实验室测试阶段的机器人公司不同，宇树科技2025年超过一半的收入来自向真实客户交付人形机器人。2025年，该公司出货了5,511台人形机器人，平均价格不到2.5万美元。其中43%的销售额来自中国境外。该公司去年也首次实现了盈利。
“We tested a lot of humanoids, and the G1 was the best for its purpose,” Idzik says. “We are used to China copying other countries, but from the perspective of humanoids, other people should copy China.”
“我们测试过很多人形机器人，G1在其实用性上表现最好，”伊齐克说，“我们习惯了中国模仿其他国家，但从人形机器人的角度来看，其他人应该模仿中国。”
Despite its commercial success, the company and its robots are often the subject of intense doubts. Sure, they can perform clout-seeking, crowd-pleasing tasks, but can they hold down a traditional job contributing to the economy, like working on an assembly line or cleaning a house? When will Unitree G1 get a real job?
尽管取得了商业上的成功，但该公司及其机器人经常受到强烈的质疑。诚然，它们可以执行博取眼球、取悦大众的任务，但它们能胜任为经济做出贡献的传统工作吗？比如在流水线上工作或打扫房屋？宇树G1何时才能找到一份真正的工作？
Buying It in the US / 在美国购买
Jake Cooperstein, a 24-year-old who lives in Miami, says he was inspired by Edward and other accounts to create a humanoid influencer of his own. In January, he visited the warehouse of a robotics shop in New York and tested the Unitree G1 robot. He was impressed by how easy it was to operate. The next day, he secured an order and paid the deposit.
住在迈阿密的24岁青年杰克·库珀斯坦（Jake Cooperstein）表示，他受到爱德华和其他账号的启发，决定打造自己的人形网红。一月份，他参观了纽约一家机器人商店的仓库，并测试了宇树G1机器人。其易于操作的特性令他印象深刻。第二天，他就下单并支付了定金。
On Unitree’s website, a basic G1 robot is priced at $13,500, but that’s before any tariff, shipping, and taxes. A US distributor lists the robot at about $19,000 instead. Cooperstein was not satisfied with that, though. The most basic version doesn’t come with more sophisticated parts like dextrous hands and is prohibited from modification. He instead chose the U5 variation that’s designed for educational buyers. It has more parts and better customization but sits at the price of $66,000.
在宇树官网上，基础版G1机器人的定价为13,500美元，但这还不包括关税、运费和税款。一家美国经销商的报价则约为19,000美元。然而，库珀斯坦对此并不满意。最基础的版本没有配备灵巧手等更复杂的部件，且禁止改装。他转而选择了专为教育买家设计的U5版本。该版本拥有更多部件和更好的定制性，但价格高达66,000美元。
Cooperstein named his G1 robot the “Brickell Clanker,” after the downtown Miami neighborhood, and started taking it out in public to interact with people.
库珀斯坦以迈阿密市中心的一个街区为他的G1机器人命名为“布里克尔叮当”，并开始带它到公共场合与人互动。
Brickell Clanker got its big break by attending the World Cup games after-parties this summer, changing into different jerseys for Argentina, Brazil, and the US. Today, Cooperstein makes money mostly by charging a fee to bring Brickell Clanker to influencer parties, nightclubs, and corporate events. Rates range from $800 to $1,200 an hour, depending on what the robot needs to do.
“布里克尔叮当”在今年夏天参加世界杯赛后派对时一举成名，它换上了阿根廷、巴西和美国的球衣。如今，库珀斯坦赚钱的主要方式是收取费用，带着“布里克尔叮当”出席网红派对、夜店和企业活动。根据机器人需要执行的任务，每小时收费在800美元到1,200美元不等。
Cooperstein recently got another robot: a Unitree R1. At almost one-third the base price of the G1, this faster, lighter model is Unitree’s attempt to make humanoids even more affordable. He named the new robot the “Lil Clanker.”
库珀斯坦最近又入手了另一台机器人：宇树R1。这款更轻、更快的型号价格仅为G1基础版的三分之一左右，是宇树让机器人更加平民化的尝试。他给这台新机器人取名为“小叮当”（Lil Clanker）。
It’s unclear whether he’ll be able to keep buying Unitree’s robots. In July, the US Federal Communications Commission announced a ban on new Chinese-made humanoid robots. The models that had cleared approvals—like Unitree G1 and R1—are theoretically still allowed, but no one knows for sure. What’s certain is that when Unitree releases its next generation of humanoid robots, it won’t be able to sell them to the US. Unitree didn’t respond to a request for comment.
目前尚不清楚他是否还能继续购买宇树的机器人。今年7月，美国联邦通信委员会（FCC）宣布禁止进口新的中国制造人形机器人。已经通过审批的型号（如宇树G1和R1）理论上仍被允许使用，但没人能确定。可以肯定的是，当宇树发布下一代人形机器人时，将无法再向美国销售。宇树科技未回应置评请求。
Hardware and Software Limits / 硬件与软件的局限
In Europe, Edward Warchocki faces fewer threats. Idzik says MERA Robotics, the company he cofounded with Grzelaczyk, now has a fleet of 20 humanoid robots, most of them Unitree G1. Every robot in Poland shares the personality of Edward, but they also have some in the Middle East and Southeast Asia opera…
在欧洲，爱德华·瓦尔乔基面临的威胁较少。伊齐克表示，他和格热拉克共同创立的MERA Robotics公司目前拥有20台人形机器人，其中大部分是宇树G1。波兰的每一台机器人都共享爱德华的个性，但他们在中东和东南亚也部署了一些……