Unitree Robotics · education humanoid
R1
A light 1.23 m acrobatic humanoid aimed at developers, schools and hobbyists, able to cartwheel, run and box. Standard hands are fixed; dexterous hands come only with the EDU version.
- Price
- $5,900Cheaper than 84%
- Height
- 123 cmTaller than 16%
- Weight
- 29 kgHeavier than 13%
- Payload
- —Not published
- Speed
- —Not published
- Battery
- 1 hRuns longer than 3%
From $4,900.00 USD (R1 Air); R1 EDU via sales; shipping est. $300-$1,200. Official maker page, not an affiliate link. Checked 2026-10-10.
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Why it matters
One of the first full-body humanoids sold for under $6,000.
Real-world use
No customers or deployments reported yet.
Maker
Unitree RoboticsCompany · founded 2016 · Hangzhou, ChinaPublic company: listed on Shanghai's STAR Market on 19 Aug 2026 (688836.SH), raising about 6.1 billion yuan at 150.80 yuan a share; earlier…
How it stacks up
Against other humanoids that publish the figure. Pick a measure.
R1 is taller than 16% of the 305 other humanoids that publish a height. Bars show the 7 closest in date.
R1 is heavier than 13% of the 277 other humanoids that publish a weight. Bars show the 7 closest in date.
R1 has more joints than 36% of the 236 other humanoids that publish a joints. Bars show the 7 closest in date.
R1 runs longer than 3% of the 119 other humanoids that publish a battery. Bars show the 7 closest in date.
R1 costs less than 84% of the 85 other humanoids that publish a price. Bars show the 7 closest in date.
Not published by the maker: speed, payload.
What it has been shown doing
2 of 14 skills we track, each from a public video or report. Demos can be staged or remote-controlled; we say so when the source does.
- Runlaunch video shows R1 running, including down a hill · Jul 2025 · yankodesign.com
- Jump & acrobaticslaunch video: cartwheels, handstands, roundhouse kicks · Jul 2025 · engadget.com
Not shown yet:SortAssembleFoldKitchenToolsFineStairsTerrainGet upCarryOn siteAutonomous
Public attention
#8 of 377 current humanoids in public attention.
- No Wikipedia article of its own yet
- 4 news stories from reputable press listed on this page
- about 5,632 units or vehicles reported by the maker or press (may be a company-wide total)
Measures how much people read and write about a robot, not how good it is. Measured 2026-10-14; same method for every robot. How it is measured
What’s inside
The parts the company has talked about publicly.
- Movement
- Walks on legs · 26 joints
- Actuators & motors
- Low-inertia high-speed internal-rotor PMSM joints with crossed roller bearings; 20 DoF (R1 AIR), 26 DoF (R1) or 26-40 DoF (EDU): 6 per leg, 4-5 per arm, 2-DoF waist and 2-DoF head on R1/EDU.
- Hands
- Dexterous hand optional on R1 EDU only.
- Sensors & vision
- Monocular camera (AIR) or binocular camera (R1/EDU); 4-microphone array and speaker. No LiDAR listed.
- Compute
- 8-core processor with GPU (model not named); EDU can add an NVIDIA Orin module (40-100 TOPS).
- Battery & power
- Quick-release smart lithium battery, about 1 hour runtime; capacity not published.
- Materials & build
- Lightweight structure with hollow internal wiring and local air cooling; about 25-29 kg.
- AI & software
- Integrated large multimodal model for voice and images; open joint and sensor interfaces; supports mainstream simulators; OTA updates.
- Other details
- Wi-Fi 6, Bluetooth 5.2
Named suppliers:NVIDIA
Lineage
Every Unitree Robotics humanoid in order.
H12023Commercial
G12024Commercial- R12025Commercial
H22025Commercial
Unitree G1-D2025Commercial
Unitree Dual-Arm Humanoid (R1-A5 / R1-A7 / R1-A5-D / R1-A7-D)2026Commercial
Unitree H2 Plus (NVIDIA Isaac GR00T Reference Humanoid)2026Pilot use- No public photo yetWe only show photos we're allowed to useSuperman (prototype)2026Prototype
Unitree Robotics also makes 13 machines. See every Unitree Robotics robot
Made, sold and where
Unit counts are usually company figures; analysts often disagree.
- Price
- $5,900$5,900 at launch (R1)
- How to get one
- Buy direct
- Sold or delivered
- Unitree says it shipped more than 5,500 humanoids in 2025 and produced over 6,500 (company figure, all models, wheeled dual-arm excluded); its prospectus counts 5,632 humanoids sold 2023-2025. Omdia estimated 4,200 Unitree humanoids in 2025. No per-model split published.
- Where it is sold or used
- Sold worldwide through Unitree and resellers; overseas sales were 43.65% of 2025 main-business revenue (company).
Where it is sold and supported
What Unitree Robotics publishes about where you can get R1 and who looks after it.
- How to get it
- Online through the maker's UniStore; the page lists R1 AIR at $4,900 and R1 at $5,900 before tax and shipping. The R1 EDU has no public price or order page.
- Support
- Warranty of 6 months (R1 AIR), 8 months (R1) and 12 months (R1 EDU); a customer service console and document center are linked.
From unitree.com, checked October 12, 2026. The page names no sales regions or distributors. Simbeing does not sell robots: buy from the maker's own page.
For builders
Can you program R1? What Unitree Robotics publishes.
Public documentation, an SDK or open-source code. The R1 page marks secondary development as available on the R1 EDU only, and the EDU has no public price.
- How
- C++ SDK (unitree_sdk2) lists R1 among supported robots, with Python and Rust interfaces, ROS and MuJoCo simulation packages and XR teleoperation code, all public on GitHub
- Developer pages
- github.com
From github.com, checked October 12, 2026. This describes what the maker publishes, not what the robot can do.
News
The latest 4, newest first. Summaries are ours; tap through for the original.
- Unitree lists on Shanghai's STAR Market
Unitree (688836.SH) opened at 1,100 yuan against a 150.80 yuan IPO price after raising about 6.1 billion yuan.
Gasgoo - Unitree says it shipped over 5,500 humanoids in 2025
Company figure counting only delivered units; Omdia had estimated about 4,200.
Jiemian - Unitree R1 shown at iREX 2025, Japan sales from spring 2026
Distributor TechShare demonstrated the small R1 humanoid in Tokyo and said sales in Japan would start in spring 2026 or later.
MONOist (ITmedia) - Unitree announces R1 at $5,900
The 1.21-1.23 m R1 was shown doing cartwheels and spin kicks.
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Side by side with its peers
Picked by the same rules for every humanoid: another maker’s robot that moves the same way, is at the same stage and does at least one of the same main jobs, first shown within two years. Closer size and price rank higher. How we choose
| Measure | R1Unitree Robotics |  N2Noetix RoboticsSame job: entertainment · Both walk · Both on sale or in pilots · Similar size · Similar price |  ET1Galbot (Galaxy General Robot)Same job: entertainment · Both walk · Both on sale or in pilots · Similar size · Similar price |  Qiyuan T1 (启元 T1)Qiyuan Robotics (启元机器人), Swancor Advanced Materials (上纬新材)Same job: entertainment · Both walk · Both on sale or in pilots · Similar size · Similar price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| First shown | 2025-07-25 | 2025-03 | 2026-08-19 | 2026-07-14 |
| Status | Commercial | Commercial | Commercial | Commercial |
| Height | 123 cm | 118 cm | 125 cm | 100 cm |
| Weight | 29 kg | 30 kg | 32 kg | — |
| Joints | 26 | 18 | 26 | — |
| Speed | — | 12.6 km/h | — | — |
| Payload | — | 5 kg | — | 10 kg |
| Battery | 1 h | 2 h | — | — |
| Price | $5,900 | $5,500 | $11,050 | $2,800 |
Sources
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