Unitree says it won’t become a robot integration company. Speaking at a September 15 industry seminar, industrial solutions lead Xie Yipeng said Unitree would focus on robots and core components—not become an engineering contractor handling project delivery, according to Gasgoo. The company welcomes third-party tools, sensors, communications and power systems. The implication: partners have a substantial role in turning its platforms into working applications. That matters because buying a humanoid isn’t the same as buying a working factory solution. Someone still needs to integrate it into the workflow, establish safe operation, prove its economics and keep it running. Unitree CEO Wang Xingxing previously said its robots could perform simple assembly, but remained slower than people. Xie’s remarks add a business question to that technical challenge: who takes responsibility for making the complete system work?