Hungarian Company Designs Harness for Leading Robot Dog Brand

A Hungarian company has developed a new product, a harness for robot dogs. Created specifically for robot dogs, the ergonomically designed carrying harness, the Julius-K9 IDC Go2, fits perfectly with the Unitree Go2 model and minimizes the risk of damage to the robot during carrying. The harness was developed by Hungarian company Julius-K9 for the commercially available robot dogs, Világgazdaság reports.

The Hungarian Julius-K9 is Europe’s leading dog harness manufacturer. The company has brand representation in 21 countries around the world. They focused on practicality when designing the new harness type for robot dogs: It can withstand the rigors of everyday use and its bright colors improve visibility in low-light conditions.

“Openness to innovation, the pursuit of premium quality, and environmental awareness are core values for the Julius-K9 brand. While the development of our products is of course primarily focused on achieving innovations in animal welfare, high-quality manufacturing with European raw materials and a European workforce allows us to produce high-quality, safe, and comfortable products for robot dog owners. This is how the customizable Julius-K9 IDC Go2 carrier harness was born,” said Julius-K9 CEO Gyula Sebő.

Unitree Robotics is a leading manufacturer of both professional and consumer bionic robots. It is the first company to publicly sell industrial-grade quadrupedal, and soon humanoid robots. The company introduced its first mass-produced, four-legged bionic robot platforms two years ago, creating a new segment of the robotics market and since then achieving worldwide success.

The products have been implemented by companies and organizations such as Google, Facebook, Amazon, and Nvidia, and are also occasionally used in robotics laboratories at Hungarian universities.

The company’s Go1 model has already been used in disaster management in the United States. The robot dog was involved in stopping a forest fire.

“Unitree products have been available for sale and rental in the Central European region since early 2023, and the second generation of the company’s four-legged robot was commercialized late last year.

In addition to being able to perform rescue, search, or surveillance work in environments where the use of live force would be dangerous, Unitree Go2 is shaped and built to look very much like our favorite pet.

Unitree will also start selling its first universal, mass-produced humanoid robot later this year. The Unitree G1 humanoid can easily handle tasks such as opening a soda bottle, cracking nuts, carrying heavy objects, or soldering,” said János Körömi, CEO of Infuze Robotics, the brand ambassador for Unitree products.

Via Világgazdaság, Featured image: Facebook/Julius-K9