It is reported that a joint research team from the University of Michigan and Southern University of Science and Technology has recently made a breakthrough. By integrating autonomous learning technology, the team successfully enabled the Yushu Go1 robot dog to master the skill of pushing its legs and sliding on a skateboard.
For robot dogs, the biggest challenge of skateboarding is the dynamic balance control. However, the robot dog is not only able to push the skateboard forward by pushing its legs, but it can also adjust its posture in real time as it glides, even when encountering bumps in the stairs.
This control algorithm based on skateboard motion can be applied to the stability optimization of mobile platforms in the future, further improving the robot’s adaptability in complex environments.
The reason why Unitree Go1 robot dog can achieve such difficult actions is due to the M107 high-performance motor developed by Unitree Technology. The maximum torque of the motor can reach 10N·m, and the performance far exceeds similar products, providing strong power support for the robot dog.

Founded in 2016 and headquartered in Hangzhou, Unitree Technology is a leading enterprise in the field of consumer-grade high-performance quadruped robots in China and one of the earliest companies in the world to commercialize quadruped robots.
Unitree Technology focuses on the R&D, production and sales of consumer-level and industry-level high-performance general-purpose foot/humanoid robots and dexterous robotic arms, and has applied for more than 180 domestic and foreign patents and authorized more than 150 patents, and has become the only quadruped robot enterprise in China that has won the title of “Little Giant” at the national level.
At present, Unitree’s business has covered more than half of the world’s countries and regions, and its products are widely used in power inspection, fire rescue, park security and other fields.
According to industry data, Unitree’s robot dog products have a global market share of more than 60%, and its customers include Amazon, Google, NVIDIA, Meta and other international technology giants, demonstrating its leading position in the global robot field.