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Bipartisan Lawmakers Urge Probe Into Unitree Robotics Over Go1 Robot Dogs’ Hacking Risks and CCP Military Ties

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Updated May 7, 2025, 05:26 PM

A bipartisan group of U.S. lawmakers is calling on the Department of Defense, Department of Commerce, and Federal Communications Commission to investigate Unitree Robotics, a Chinese robotics company. The lawmakers have raised concerns about Unitree's operations within American prisons, police forces, and military sites, citing potential security risks related to surveillance, data storage, and ties to the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and its military objectives. The Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party has supported this call for a federal probe, emphasizing the need to protect U.S.

security and supply chain integrity. Security researchers revealed in March 2025 that Unitree's Go1 robot dogs have vulnerabilities, including backdoors that could allow hackers to access controls and camera streams. In parallel, a group of Republican lawmakers has requested the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission to delist certain Chinese companies, including PDD Holdings, the owner of the online retailer Temu, due to their CCP affiliations. Additionally, concerns about U.S. military readiness were highlighted, noting the inability to mass-produce small FPV drones, which have caused over 80% of battlefield casualties in Ukraine, underscoring a new era of warfare.

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Congressman Pat Harrigan

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Right now, the U.S. can’t mass-produce small FPV drones, and that’s a glaring vulnerability. In Ukraine, over 80% of battlefield casualties are caused by these drones—it’s a new era of warfare, and we’re not ready. On @HASCRepublicans, I’m working to change that. https://t.co/f3JaKdhybv

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Hackers gain access to Robot Dogs controls and camera stream! https://t.co/9NTAXxK3YD

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A group of Republican lawmakers is asking the U.S. @SECGov to delist some Chinese companies, including the Chinese low-cost online retailer Temu’s owner PDD Holdings, saying that their ties to the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) put U.S. national security at risk.

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