STEM/K-12 education
unknown · unverified
- No deployment-specific evidence recorded.
🇨🇳 Unitree R1
Unitree Robotics · China · unveiled 2026
commercial
supervised-autonomy
electric
data confidence: high
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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 HMX. 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.
Deployment evidence
Legacy mentions are unverified. A partnership or announcement is not proof of an active deployment. Evidence labels do not change HMX v2 scoring.
university AI labs
unknown · unverified
- No deployment-specific evidence recorded.
light electronics assembly research
unknown · unverified
- No deployment-specific evidence recorded.
Specifications
Evidence is attached to each value. Robot-wide source links do not verify every field. A source about an older value cannot support the current specification.
Height
123.0 cm
unverified · 0 evidence records
Declared shared origins are grouped. Distinct domains and unclassified origins do not establish independent evidence.
No field-specific evidence recorded. This value is unverified at field level.
Weight
29.0 kg
unverified · 0 evidence records
Declared shared origins are grouped. Distinct domains and unclassified origins do not establish independent evidence.
No field-specific evidence recorded. This value is unverified at field level.
Payload
2.0 kg
unverified · 0 evidence records
Declared shared origins are grouped. Distinct domains and unclassified origins do not establish independent evidence.
No field-specific evidence recorded. This value is unverified at field level.
Travel speed
Undisclosed
unverified · 0 evidence records
Declared shared origins are grouped. Distinct domains and unclassified origins do not establish independent evidence.
No field-specific evidence recorded. This value is unverified at field level.
Runtime
1.0 h
unverified · 0 evidence records
Declared shared origins are grouped. Distinct domains and unclassified origins do not establish independent evidence.
No field-specific evidence recorded. This value is unverified at field level.
Battery
Undisclosed
unverified · 0 evidence records
Declared shared origins are grouped. Distinct domains and unclassified origins do not establish independent evidence.
No field-specific evidence recorded. This value is unverified at field level.
Total DoF
26 DoF
unverified · 0 evidence records
Declared shared origins are grouped. Distinct domains and unclassified origins do not establish independent evidence.
No field-specific evidence recorded. This value is unverified at field level.
Hand DoF per hand
0 DoF
unverified · 0 evidence records
Declared shared origins are grouped. Distinct domains and unclassified origins do not establish independent evidence.
No field-specific evidence recorded. This value is unverified at field level.
Dexterous hands
No
unverified · 0 evidence records
Declared shared origins are grouped. Distinct domains and unclassified origins do not establish independent evidence.
No field-specific evidence recorded. This value is unverified at field level.
Actuation
electric
unverified · 0 evidence records
Declared shared origins are grouped. Distinct domains and unclassified origins do not establish independent evidence.
No field-specific evidence recorded. This value is unverified at field level.
Form factor
bipedal
unverified · 0 evidence records
Declared shared origins are grouped. Distinct domains and unclassified origins do not establish independent evidence.
No field-specific evidence recorded. This value is unverified at field level.
Onboard compute
8-core CPU (base); optional NVIDIA Jetson Orin (10-100 TOPS) on EDU
unverified · 0 evidence records
Declared shared origins are grouped. Distinct domains and unclassified origins do not establish independent evidence.
No field-specific evidence recorded. This value is unverified at field level.
AI model
Unitree UnifoLM multimodal large model
unverified · 0 evidence records
Declared shared origins are grouped. Distinct domains and unclassified origins do not establish independent evidence.
No field-specific evidence recorded. This value is unverified at field level.
Autonomy
supervised-autonomy
unverified · 0 evidence records
Declared shared origins are grouped. Distinct domains and unclassified origins do not establish independent evidence.
No field-specific evidence recorded. This value is unverified at field level.
Product status
commercial
unverified · 0 evidence records
Declared shared origins are grouped. Distinct domains and unclassified origins do not establish independent evidence.
No field-specific evidence recorded. This value is unverified at field level.
Indicative price
5900.0 USD
unverified · 0 evidence records
Declared shared origins are grouped. Distinct domains and unclassified origins do not establish independent evidence.
No field-specific evidence recorded. This value is unverified at field level.
Funding
1700.0 USD million
unverified · 0 evidence records
Declared shared origins are grouped. Distinct domains and unclassified origins do not establish independent evidence.
No field-specific evidence recorded. This value is unverified at field level.
Company valuation
6.2 USD billion
unverified · 0 evidence records
Declared shared origins are grouped. Distinct domains and unclassified origins do not establish independent evidence.
No field-specific evidence recorded. This value is unverified at field level.
Unitree R1 in context: rank, rivals and specs
Compare with Rainbow Hubo2 (DRC-HUBO) →Unitree R1 is a humanoid robot from Unitree in China, and it is commercially available. It scores 51.5 on the Humanoid Metric, ranking 69th of 169.
On the leaderboard it sits between Rainbow Hubo2 (DRC-HUBO) (HMX 51.5) and Midea Group Mero 1 (HMX 51.0).
Against the 169 humanoid robots ranked, its clearest strength is commercial readiness & deployment (100.0 against a median of 67.0) and its clearest weakness is manipulation & dexterity (2.4 against 40.0).
By the published specifications, it runs shorter per charge than 97% of the 69 other humanoid robots publishing a runtime (1 h), is shorter than 89% of the 138 other humanoid robots publishing a height (123 cm) and has fewer degrees of freedom per hand than 88% of the 85 other humanoid robots publishing a per-hand figure (0).
Its published price of $5,900 is below 89% of the 62 other humanoid robots with a public price.
On autonomy, it has demonstrated autonomy under human supervision, not unsupervised work. 3 deployment claims are on record, none yet backed by a customer, the press or the vendor.
Its specifications carry a high-confidence grade from 3 cited sources, as of 2026-06.
Task evidence
Task capability is not inferred from hardware specifications or general autonomy labels. Find robots for a task →
No task-specific evidence recorded. Capability remains unknown.
Sources · robot-level references, as of 2026-06
- https://www.unitree.com/mobile/R1/
- https://shop.unitree.com/products/unitree-r1
- https://humanoid.guide/product/unitree-r1/
Machine-readable: HIS Layer 0 manifest at /robot/unitree-r1/manifest.json, with a free API key · what's this?
Frequently asked questions about the Unitree R1
How much does the Unitree R1 cost?
The Unitree R1 has a published price of $5,900.
What are the Unitree R1's specs?
Published specifications: payload 2 kg, runtime 1 h, degrees of freedom 26, degrees of freedom per hand 0, height 123 cm, weight 29 kg. Not published: speed.
Is the Unitree R1 autonomous?
The Unitree R1 has demonstrated autonomy under human supervision, not unsupervised work. The grade reflects demonstrations, not marketing claims.
How does the Unitree R1 compare to the Rainbow Hubo2 (DRC-HUBO)?
On the HMX, the Unitree R1 scores 51.5 and the Rainbow Hubo2 (DRC-HUBO) 51.5. The Unitree R1 leads on autonomy & intelligence, mobility & locomotion, commercial readiness & deployment and ecosystem & viability; the Rainbow Hubo2 (DRC-HUBO) leads on manipulation & dexterity and hardware & engineering.
Who makes the Unitree R1?
The Unitree R1 is made by Unitree, in China.
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Version history · 2 versions and 1 earlier update
Full history →Nothing is deleted: every version of this record is kept, with what changed in each.
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Version 214 · 15 Sep 2026, 04:28 UTC · score then 51.5No field changed; the score was recalculated.Changed by a direct correction or a scoring update, not a research proposal.
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First recorded version · 6 Sep 2026, 05:24 UTC · score then 51.5The record as it stood when full copies began to be kept.