HUMANOID robots may soon be as easy to customize as smartphones. On Saturday, Unitree Robotics revealed what it describes as the world’s first humanoid robot app store, a move that signals a major shift in how people interact with intelligent machines.

According to Unitree’s website, the platform allows users to access, control, and expand the functions of humanoid robots directly from their phones.

The Hangzhou-based robotics company introduced the Unitree Robotics Developer Platform as a centralized hub for software, datasets, and remote-control tools. The firm says the system is designed to bring embodied intelligence closer to everyday life by opening robot capabilities to developers and ordinary users alike.

The app store integrates four core modules in its architecture: “User Plaza,” “Action Library,” “Dataset,” and “Developer Center.”

At the core of the new platform is a smartphone-based interface that lets users control humanoid robots remotely. Using a phone camera, operators can guide movements and trigger preloaded demonstrations. These include eye-catching routines such as a martial arts-inspired “Bruce Lee” performance, the classic 1960s dance move “The Twist,” and carefully choreographed ballet sequences.

Beyond entertainment, the app store concept focuses on sharing and reuse. Users can upload, download, and adapt training datasets and action sequences. These can then be integrated into the company’s humanoid robots, allowing skills to spread quickly across machines.

This open structure mirrors the logic of mobile app ecosystems, where third-party developers play a key role in innovation. For humanoid robots, it could significantly shorten the time between research breakthroughs and real-world use.

The robotics startup first gained attention through its quadruped robots before moving aggressively into humanoid designs.

In November, Unitree founder and chief technology officer Wang Xingxing was appointed to a national robotics committee by the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology.(SD-Agencies)