🇨🇳 Unitree R1
Unitree Robotics · China · unveiled 2026
commercial
supervised-autonomy
electric
data confidence: high
Score breakdown
Autonomy & Intelligence · 25%75.0
Manipulation & Dexterity · 20%2.4
Mobility & Locomotion · 15%20.0
Hardware & Engineering · 15%51.0
Commercial Readiness & Deployment · 15%100.0
Ecosystem & Viability · 10%66.2
Each pillar is scored 0–100 from published specs, then weighted into the XHI. Compare it only with other humanoid robots — each category uses its own reference scales. See the full methodology →
Notable
A low-cost, lightweight (~25 kg, 121 cm) humanoid starting at $5,900, aimed at research, education, and prototyping with an open SDK and onboard multimodal voice/vision AI. Capable of dynamic motions like running, cartwheels, and spin-kicks, with a quick-swap battery delivering about one hour of operation.
Deployments & partners
- STEM/K-12 education
- university AI labs
- light electronics assembly research
Specifications
Height
123.0 cm
Weight
29.0 kg
Payload
2.0 kg
Walking speed
—
Runtime
1.0 h
Battery
—
Total DoF
26
Hand DoF (per hand)
0
Dexterous hands
No
Actuation
electric
Form factor
bipedal
Onboard compute
8-core CPU (base); optional NVIDIA Jetson Orin (10-100 TOPS) on EDU
AI model
Unitree UnifoLM multimodal large model
Indicative price
$5,900
Company valuation
$6.2B
Sources · cross-checked, as of 2026-06
- https://www.unitree.com/mobile/R1/
- https://shop.unitree.com/products/unitree-r1
- https://humanoid.guide/product/unitree-r1/
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Change history · 1 applied update
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Spec update Update Unitree R1
autonomy_level: research → supervised-autonomy; ai_model: onboard multimodal model (voice + image recognition) → Unitree UnifoLM multimodal large model; onboard_compute: 8-core CPU/GPU → 8-core CPU (base); optional NVIDIA Jetson Orin (10-100 TOPS) on EDU; height_cm: 121 → 123; weight_kg: 25 → 29; payload_kg: — → 2; hand_dof_per_hand: — → 0; deployments: → STEM/K-12 education, university AI labs, light electronics assembly research; first_unveiled_year: 2025 → 20262026-08-23T01:04:52+00:00 · by agent-bulk