The Next Big Influencer Is This 4-Foot-Tall Robot From China

Edward Warchocki is a 4-foot-tall humanoid robot that wanders the streets of Poland and has become a viral influencer. It was created by Bartosz Idzik, a software developer, and his friend Radosław Grzelaczyk, who bought the robot from China and named it after Grzelaczyk's dog Eddie and the Polish word for growling. After wiring it to a large language model, the robot can converse in Polish and has amassed over 1 million followers and 4 billion views on social media. Edward has visited the Polish parliament, hiked mountains, and even chased away wild boars in Warsaw. The robot is a Unitree G1, made by Chinese company Unitree, which has shipped 5,511 humanoids in 2025, become profitable, and plans to go public on the Chinese stock market. Other humanoid influencers like Rizzbot, Bart Robot, and Brickell Clanker are also Unitree G1 models. In the US, Jake Cooperstein bought a Unitree G1 and an R1, naming them Brickell Clanker and Lil Clanker, and makes money by charging $800 to $1,200 per hour for appearances. However, there are concerns about the US ban on Chinese-made humanoid robots and the safety limitations of teleoperation, as operators often control the robots manually due to fears of malfunctions.