Unitree G1
Compact bipedal humanoid robotic platform developed by Unitree Robotics.
For the founder of Unitree Robotics, see Wang Xingxing. For the larger sibling model, see Unitree H1 (stub).
The Unitree G1 is a compact bipedal humanoid robotic platform developed by Unitree Robotics, a Chinese robotics company based in Hangzhou. Announced in May 2024, the G1 became one of the first commercially available full-form humanoid platforms at a price point below USD 20,000. As of mid-2026, the G1 remains one of the very few humanoid platforms with a published online price and direct online purchase channel.
Version history
Unitree H1 (2023)
Unitree entered the full-form humanoid category with the H1, announced in 2023. The H1 is a larger platform, standing approximately 180 cm tall, positioned toward research and industrial applications. The H1 established Unitree's presence in the humanoid category on the strength of the company's prior quadruped experience.
Unitree G1 (2024)
The G1 was announced in May 2024 as a smaller, lower-cost humanoid designed for research, education, and agile locomotion demonstration. At approximately 127 cm in height and 35 kg in mass, the G1 is small enough to operate in confined research settings while retaining the full bipedal humanoid form factor. The most significant characteristic of the G1 at launch was its price: USD 13,500 for the base configuration, offered through Unitree's online shop. This price point is substantially below competing platforms and made the G1 accessible to research institutions and independent developers that could not budget for six-figure enterprise humanoids.
Subsequent minor configurations of the G1 have been released, adding options for enhanced manipulation, extended battery, and additional sensor packages, at incrementally higher price points.
Specifications
- Height: approximately 127 cm (4 ft 2 in)
- Mass: approximately 35 kg
- Degrees of freedom: 23 in the base configuration
- Maximum walking speed: approximately 2 m/s
- Sensor payload: multi-camera vision, inertial measurement, force sensing
- Battery: swappable, providing approximately 2 hours of continuous operation
- Structural materials: aluminum and polymer
Use case
The Unitree G1 is positioned primarily as a research and educational platform, and secondarily as a demonstration platform for agile locomotion. Its compact form factor and accessible price point have made it the platform of choice for a broad set of academic research groups, robotics education programs, and independent developers working on humanoid locomotion, whole-body control, and perception. The G1 is not positioned as a commercial deployment platform in the sense of being placed in production customer-facing service; it is instead positioned as the research substrate on which the field's next generation of algorithms is being developed.
Deployment status
The G1 has shipped in commercial volume since 2024 through Unitree's online shop and through regional distributor channels. Purchase requires acceptance of Unitree's terms of use. Unitree has not published unit sales figures for the G1, but industry estimates place cumulative shipments in the low thousands as of mid-2026. Notable deployments include academic research programs at multiple universities and appearances at trade demonstrations at Shanghai Fashion Week and other events.
Cost per unit
The Unitree G1 base configuration is listed at USD 13,500 on Unitree's online shop. This is the published retail price for the platform in its base configuration and is one of the very few published retail prices in the 2026 humanoid market, most of which is priced enterprise-to-enterprise without published pricing. Higher-configuration variants of the G1 are available at correspondingly higher prices; specific figures depend on the configuration and are documented on the manufacturer's shop.
References
- Unitree Robotics announcement of the G1 platform, May 2024.
- Unitree Robotics online shop, G1 product page (accessed 2026).
- Coverage of the G1 platform in research and industry press through mid-2026.