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You need three things: a Unitree G1 / Go2 with its standard Jetson Orin onboard computer, internet access on the robot, and your Kovio fleet key (kov_live_…, issued by Kovio).
Your fleet key is a secret. Don’t share it or commit it anywhere. It can be revoked at any time.

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Install

1

SSH into the robot

ssh unitree@<robot-ip>
2

Confirm the robot has internet

curl https://kovio-api.fly.dev/healthz
You should get a small JSON {"status":"ok",...} response. The robot’s internal 192.168.123.x bus is not internet — make sure its Wi‑Fi / 4G‑5G uplink is connected.
3

Run the installer with your fleet key

curl -fsSL https://dist.kovio.dev/install.sh | sudo bash -s -- <YOUR_FLEET_KEY>
This activates your key, installs the SDK, and starts it as a service that runs on every boot.
4

Watch it come online

journalctl -u kovio -f
Within seconds the robot registers on your Kovio dashboard, and within about a minute its first verified moments appear. See Instant dashboard updates.

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That’s it

No source code is placed on the robot, and there are no build steps — the installer fetches a signed, prebuilt artifact matched to your robot’s runtime.
Default mode is sim (synthetic traffic) so you can confirm the whole path works immediately. Switch to live camera/LiDAR with hardware mode.

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If something goes wrong

A bad or revoked key, no internet, or an unsupported runtime will install nothing and print a clear message. See Troubleshooting.