--- title: "The Dark Side Of Unitree Robot Dogs" url: https://daily.dev/posts/the-dark-side-of-unitree-robot-dogs-yrgiijwqm source_url: https://hackaday.com/2026/05/12/the-dark-side-of-unitree-robot-dogs type: article source: "Hackaday" published: 2026-05-13T02:35:17.947Z updated: 2026-05-13T02:35:36.754Z tags: ["security", "robotics", "firmware", "reverse-engineering"] reading_time: 2 upvotes: 0 comments: 0 language: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # The Dark Side Of Unitree Robot Dogs **[Hackaday](https://daily.dev/sources/hackaday)** · 2 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Benn Jordan investigated Unitree robot dogs and uncovered several serious concerns. The robots have significant sensory blind spots due to poor Lidar placement, making them unsuitable for tasks like animal protection. More critically, he found an arbitrary command execution vulnerability via the Wi-Fi password field (CVE-2025-2894), and detected suspicious network traffic being sent to Chinese servers when the robot's software believed it wasn't being monitored. While some issues can be worked around with custom hacks, the combination of hardware limitations, security flaws, and untrustworthy firmware makes these devices a risky proposition. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [Unitree Robot Hack: What You Need to Know](https://daily.dev/posts/unitree-robot-hack-what-you-need-to-know-h510qxb0g) · IEEE Spectrum · 0 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#security](https://daily.dev/tags/security), [#robotics](https://daily.dev/tags/robotics), [#firmware](https://daily.dev/tags/firmware), [#reverse-engineering](https://daily.dev/tags/reverse-engineering) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/the-dark-side-of-unitree-robot-dogs-yrgiijwqm)