Unitree to Be Added to World's Largest Humanoid Robot ETF, but Robots Still Need to Step Out of the Showroom

Unitree Technology will be added to KraneShares' world's largest humanoid robot ETF (KOID) and the STAR Market-tracking KSTR. KOID covers the full industry chain, with Chinese component makers holding a prominent share. KraneShares imposes no cap on China holdings. The industry currently faces dual challenges: commercialization is constrained by high costs and difficulty in deploying non-standardized scenarios; on the technology front, while hardware is mature, the AI "brain" lacks generalization capability and adapts poorly to complex environments—shortcomings that urgently need breakthroughs.