UNI-DOGGIE: A Consumer-Grade Collectible Robot Dog
The groundwork was laid a year earlier. According to a voluntary announcement Star Plus Legend filed with the Hong Kong stock exchange (stock code 6683) on November 12, 2025, published on HKEXnews, its wholly owned subsidiary Star Plus Entertainment (Kunshan) and Unitree's wholly owned subsidiary Beijing Lingyi Technology signed a joint venture agreement on November 11, 2025. Under the announcement, the two parties will hold 50 percent each in the venture to be incorporated and will each appoint two members to a four-member board. The venture covers consumer-grade IP robots, including pet-style quadrupeds and humanoids for stage performance, along with derivative products. Under the announcement, Unitree handles robot design and production, while Star Plus Legend handles IP planning, promotion and channel development.
The 9th CIIE took place in Shanghai from November 5 to 10, 2026. According to a Global Times report of November 9, UNI-DOGGIE, presented at the expo by Unitree and Star Plus Legend, is positioned as Unitree's first consumer-grade collectible robot dog. The report lists these features:
- About 19 kg, with 12 aluminum-alloy joint motors
- Top speed of 2 m/s, 16 cm steps and 40-degree slopes
- A nose-mounted camera for photos and video, leash-free automatic following
- Mobile app control over 4G, over-the-air software updates
Global Times gives the price as 43,900 yuan and reports an order for 1,000 units on launch day. As the Official Distributor of Unitree Robotics in Turkey, Robotlar.org will announce the sales schedule for Turkey. According to the report, Star Plus Legend says it is working with Unitree on quadruped and humanoid robots for entertainment and performance, with the joint venture responsible for developing and exclusively operating the related products.
The Energy Venture: Kunlun Manufacturing, Unitree and Fanjie
According to a simplified merger filing published on the website of the Beijing Municipal Administration for Market Regulation, CNPC's Kunlun Manufacturing, together with its concert party Kunlun Capital, Unitree and Beijing Fanjie Intelligent Technology have signed an agreement to set up a new joint venture, which has not yet been established. Shareholding in the filing:
| Party | Stake |
|---|---|
| Kunlun Manufacturing and Kunlun Capital | 60 percent |
| Unitree | 20 percent |
| Fanjie Intelligent | 20 percent |
Per the filing, Kunlun Manufacturing, Unitree and Fanjie will jointly control the venture, whose business will be industrial embodied-AI robot solutions. Kunlun Manufacturing is an energy equipment company set up in Xiong'an in 2023; Fanjie is an AI model developer founded in Beijing in April 2026. The public comment period ran from November 4 to 13, 2026; a comment period is not the outcome of the review. The filing does not name the venture.
According to a Global Times report of November 6, target sites include oil and gas, refining, storage and transport, fuel stations, and charging and battery-swap stations, with inspection and emergency response as the tasks. The report says Fanjie will supply the AI model that makes the robots' decisions and that the venture also aims for coordinated development in overseas markets (no country is named). The same report notes that Unitree's catalogue already lists the explosion-proof B2-Ex quadruped for such sites. Unitree's B2-Ex product page gives an explosion protection marking for the robot and names high-risk industrial settings such as natural gas gathering stations; the page does not say which body issued the certification. No separate official statement from Unitree on the energy venture could be found; China's Daily Economic News reported that Unitree and CNPC had not replied before publication.
What It Means for Turkey
Both ventures are being set up in China, and Turkey is not mentioned in the reports. The energy venture does point to a direction in the sector: quadruped robots positioned as a routine inspection tool at refineries, storage sites and fuel stations.
For refineries, petrochemical plants and energy facilities in Turkey, this kind of autonomous inspection can be set up today with products already on the market. The IP67-rated Unitree B2, the wheel-legged Unitree B2-W and DEEP Robotics' IP67-rated X30 can collect data on planned patrol routes with payloads such as thermal cameras, acoustic cameras and gas sensors. For lighter tasks and pilot projects, the Unitree Go2 is also an option. Work in areas classified as explosive atmospheres depends on equipment certified for that class, so the site classification and the robot's operating area should be agreed at the start of a project.
The guides on choosing a robot thermal camera and acoustic cameras for gas leak and partial discharge detection, and the energy facility robot solutions page, are useful starting points. Robotlar.org supplies Unitree products as the Unitree Turkey Official Distributor, and DEEP Robotics products through integration and corporate procurement.
Sources
- Star Plus Legend Holdings, HKEXnews: Voluntary Announcement, Formation of Joint Venture Company (November 12, 2025)
- Star Plus Legend Holdings, HKEXnews voluntary announcement (November 12, 2025, Chinese)
- Beijing Municipal Administration for Market Regulation: Joint venture filing by Kunlun Manufacturing, Unitree and others (November 4, 2026)
- Simplified merger case filing form (official attachment)
- Global Times: UNI-DOGGIE presented at CIIE (November 9, 2026)
- Global Times: Unitree's energy joint venture (November 6, 2026)
- Unitree: B2-Ex product page
- Daily Economic News: Energy joint venture filing (November 6, 2026)
- Xinhua: 9th CIIE preparations and dates (November 4, 2026)