UFB video: its lead roboticist spent a month on tour with Joji controlling and programming a Unitree G1 named Butters
A UFB YouTube video dated 20 August 2026 profiles the league's lead roboticist, who per UFB's description operated a Unitree G1 on Joji's Solaris tour in low light, fog and strobes.
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Three days before its Season 2 opener at TwitchCon San Diego, Ultimate Bots has a video on its YouTube channel that says something about who builds and drives its robots: a short profile of its lead roboticist, who spent a month on tour with the artist Joji operating a Unitree G1. The video is dated 20 August 2026 on YouTube, so it is not new, but Roboxing's earlier UFB coverage did not carry it.
WHAT UFB SAYS
The video is titled "Meet the Engineer Behind the Robot on Joji's Solaris Tour" and is published by UFB's own channel. Its description reads: "Patrick is our lead roboticist at Ultimate Bots. He spent a month on tour with Joji controlling and programming a Unitree G1 Robot, Butters, to dance and engage with the artist." It continues: "The robot faced significant environmental challenges, including navigating a narrow, raised platform while dealing with low light, fog, and flashing stage lights... But at Ultimate Bots we understand failure is feedback."
WHY IT MATTERS FOR FIGHT FANS
UFB's Season 2 plan has four permanent teams fighting on league-assigned Unitree G1s. The G1 is the same model family the tour robot is described as. The description is the league's own statement that its lead roboticist both controls and programs a G1, and that the company has put the robot in difficult live conditions: a narrow raised platform, low light, fog and strobing stage lights. It does not say the robot was autonomous, and it uses the word "controlling", so a human operator was involved.
WHAT IS NOT KNOWN
Roboxing has not watched the full video and does not state anything about its contents beyond the description. The tour's dates and venues, how many shows the robot appeared in, how it was controlled, and whether the same roboticist will work UFB's TwitchCon fights are not stated in the description and are not confirmed here. UFB has not published a fight time or card for 13-15 November.
SOURCE
UFB on YouTube, "Meet the Engineer Behind the Robot on Joji's Solaris Tour" (watch page read 10 November 2026; dated 20 August 2026).