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Chinese robot maker Unitree has shown off its next quadripedal robot dog — and it's a doozy.

The Unitree A2 Stellar Explorer, advertised as being "lighter, stronger, and faster," can perform some impressive stunts, from front flips and traversing extreme environments. In fact, it can even hold up the weight of an adult man riding it like a bizarre four-legged skateboard.

As seen in a new promotional video, the A2 effortlessly holds up a 220-pound man who climbs onto its back. Even jumping up and down on the quadruped's back, ollie style, doesn't cause its spindly legs to buckle. It's unclear if you can cruise around on the thing Tony Hawk-style, but the futuristic offering might be the closest real-world offering we've seen yet to Kawasaki's demo of a conceptual robot that

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