Unitree G1 Gets a Mac Mini On Its Back with Qwen3.6-35B-A3B

The Unitree G1 robot shouldn’t need any introduction. It is a humanoid robot that is quite popular among researchers. An Apple research team has put a Mac Mini on the back of a Unitree G1 robot. Why would they do that? To run Qwen3.6-35B-A3B locally without a cloud connection. That means the robot can perform tasks thanks to its backback without an internet connection.

苹果研究团队给一台宇树 G1 后背驮了台 Mac mini。
钻桌底、侧身过窄门、自己找椅子坐，默认由本地的 Qwen3.6-35B-A3B 指挥，不用联网。
苹果自己的机器，背包里跑的却是千问。 https://t.co/IREdtXcXFe

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As the video shows, the robot uses its AI models to adapt to its environment.