Alright, fam—this week, a robot kicked its way into the spotlight. Literally. The G1 humanoid from Unitree Robotics pulled off a kung fu demo so clean, so precise, you’d think it was CGI. But it wasn’t. This machine spun into a full 720-degree roundhouse and disarmed a target like it’s been watching Jet Li since firmware 1.0.

Shout out to all my Hung Fa Yi Brothers and Sisters. To all of my Si-Hing and Si-Dai, of course, we would never kick above our waist like that, but program this thing in Wing Chun and now we are going places! I WANT ONE!!!

Now, you can laugh or gawk, but here’s why this matters: We’re not talking about pre-scripted animatronics here. We’re talking real-time balance, reaction, and calculated force in a bipedal frame that costs under $20k. That’s a price point that’s going to shake the robotics market—hard.

I’ve been around long enough to see plenty of robots that were all hype and no stability. But this one? It’s smooth. It’s fast. And it looks like it could hold its own in a warehouse, a lab—or God help us—in a riot.

If you’re in automation, public safety tech, or robotics research, this is your wake-up call. The agility gap between human and machine is closing fast. You better start planning how to work with these things—because soon, they’ll be standing next to your team, not just behind the security rope at CES.