Humanoid & Quadruped Robotics Workshop with ROS2 & Unitree

You go from watching legged robots walk to controlling them yourself, across nine hands-on modules covering both the Unitree G1 humanoid and GO2 quadruped.

What you will learn and build:

• Legged-robot fundamentals: why legs over wheels, degrees of freedom, stability, gaits, and how humanoids differ from quadrupeds
• Unitree hardware: the architecture, motors, sensors, battery systems, and safety procedures for both G1 and GO2
• ROS 2 from scratch: nodes, topics, services, actions, launch files, and your first teleoperation node
• Simulation: spawn the robot, make it stand, sit, walk, turn, and interact with obstacles before touching real hardware
• Unitree SDK: read battery status, joint angles, and IMU data, then send velocity commands and motion modes directly from your own Python scripts
• Programming behaviors: sequence motions into repeatable routines like square paths, circle paths, waypoint following, dance routines, and obstacle-stop responses
• Navigation: SLAM, localization, costmaps, path planning, and autonomous waypoint missions on a legged platform
• Real robot deployment: connect to the physical robot, run your scripts on it, monitor its state live, and shut it down safely

Capstone projects (choose one):

• Autonomous patrol robot
• Security robot
• Warehouse inspection robot

Who is this for?

Whether you are an engineering student, a working professional, or someone fascinated by legged robots, this workshop takes you from basic Python knowledge to safely deploying autonomous behaviors on real Unitree hardware. No prior ROS 2 or robotics experience required.