Unitree R1
Unitree R1 robot for commercial applications
$5,900
Unitree’s R1 is a 1.22-meter, 25-kilogram humanoid starting at US $5,900 that can run, perform cartwheels, and stand up after falls bringing full-body robotics to developers in an affordable, accessible package Unitree R1 — Snapshot Skill score (Humanoid Guide): total = Navigation + Manipulation Navigation (3/5): R1 reliably handles things like dodging obstacles, getting back up after a spill, a timed 100 m run, climbing and descending stairs, plus controlled jump-and-land tasks. Manipulation (3/5): Demonstrated capabilities include basic warehouse sorting, simple factory assembly steps, loading/unloading a dishwasher, folding garments, and fine-motor tests such as threading.
Key Features
- Availability: In production
- Primary users: Hobbyists, solo developers, research groups
- Country of origin: China
- Manufacturer: Unitree Robotics
- Website: unitree.com
- Height: 122 cm
- Mass: 25 kg
- Overall DoF: 26 (hand DoF: not listed)
- Walking speed: up to ~9 km/h (top speed not specified)
- Payload/strength: ~10 kg
- Runtime per pack: official figure not stated; hot-swappable battery with about an hour of mixed activity reported
- Safety with humans: not specified
- Ingress rating: not specified
- Vision: Stereo binocular module with ~220° FOV (SV1-25)
- On-board compute: integrated 8-core CPU + GPU
- Connectivity: Wi-Fi, Bluetooth
- OS / SDK: Unitree’s Linux-based SDK, with ROS 2 interfaces commonly provided
- LLM/AI stack: ships with a multimodal model for voice and image understanding; supports local policies to reduce cloud latency
- Motors: Unitree in-house smart actuators (same family as H1/G1; full details pending)
- Gearing: Unitree has historically favored quasi-direct drive without harmonic reducers
- Structure: alloy frame with composite body panels
- Hands/Fingers: 10 fingers total
- Base kit: 39,999 CNY (≈ US $5,900)
- Pro configuration: ~US $16,000
- R1 is aimed at making full-body dynamics accessible—undercutting the G1 (~$16k) and H1 (~$90k)—so universities and independent developers can experiment with locomotion, athletic motions (sprints, cartwheels, handstands), and interactive demos without enterprise-level budgets.
- Humanoid Guide aggregate score: not yet published
- Data status: not independently verified
- Shipping size / color: not specified
- Latency “glass-to-action”: not specified
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Specifications
Mechanics
| Degrees of Freedom | 26 |
| Locomotion | Bipedal |
Physical
| Weight | 25 kg |
| Height | 121 mm |
Power
| Battery Life | 1 hours |
Software
| SDK Support | No |
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