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Unitree R1

A 123 cm, ~25-29 kg full-size humanoid that runs, flips, and does kung fu, priced from $4,900 as one of the cheapest full humanoids on the market.

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Unitree R1 humanoid robot full-body product photo
123 cm Height
25-29 kg Mass
20 DOF
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Overview

The Unitree R1 is a compact, ultra-lightweight full-size humanoid with 20-26 degrees of freedom and onboard voice-and-vision AI. Built to be agile and radically affordable, it performs dynamic motions like running, side flips, handstands, and boxing. Aimed at developers, educators, and hobbyists, it undercuts most rival full humanoids on price.

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Capabilities

  • Priced from $4,900 USD, among the most affordable full-size humanoid robots on the market
  • 26 DOF (6 joints per leg x2, 2 waist, 5 joints per arm x2, 2 head) enabling running, side flips, handstands, and boxing
  • Onboard multimodal AI with binocular vision and a 4-microphone array for voice and image recognition
  • Hot-swappable battery delivering roughly one hour of mixed-activity runtime
  • EDU edition opens joint and sensor interfaces for development, with optional NVIDIA Jetson Orin (40-100 TOPS) and dexterous hands
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Specifications

Height
123 cm
Mass
25-29 kg
Degrees of freedom
20-26
Battery
Hot-swappable lithium battery
Runtime
~1 hour (mixed activity)
Actuation
Electric joint motors (up to 26 joint modules)
Sensors
Binocular (stereo) vision, 4-microphone array, stereo speakers
Compute
8-core CPU; optional NVIDIA Jetson Orin (40-100 TOPS) on EDU edition
Origin
China
Unveiled
2025
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Deployment

  • Robotics research and development
  • STEM and university education
  • Motion and locomotion experimentation
  • Hobbyist and enthusiast humanoid platform