Ranked1X Technologies · Humanoids
- Height
- 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
- Weight
- 86 kg (190 lb)
- DOF
- Not disclosed
- Runtime
- 6 h
- Price
- Not published
Unitree RoboticsUnitree R1Illustration
Unitree R1 Shipping
By Unitree Robotics · China · Humanoid robots
Robot 500: =18 of 29 humanoid robots (tied) · score 45.4 · evidence grade CHeight
1.23 m (4 ft 0 in)
Weight
27 kg (60 lb)
DOF
20
Runtime
60 min
Price
From US$4,900
23 sourced values · 22 not disclosed (51% disclosed)Checked by our QA desk on 2026-10-20Official pageReport an error
Variants: R1 Air · R1 · R1 EDU
Overview
Three versions make up the R1 range from Unitree Robotics of Hangzhou, China: R1 Air, R1 and R1 EDU. All are small two-legged humanoids.
It is shipping. The official store shows it in stock with an add-to-cart option. R1 Air costs US$4,900 and R1 costs US$5,900, with shipping of US$300–1,200 and customs duties paid by the buyer. The white R1 Air is backordered, and R1 EDU is sold through sales on request.
Standing 1.23 m tall and weighing about 27 kg (Air) or 29 kg (R1 and EDU), it is far smaller than the 1.7 m median humanoid record. Joint counts rise from 20 on the Air, which has no waist joint, to 26 on the R1 and up to 40 on EDU builds. Each leg has 6 degrees of freedom, and arm payload is about 2 kg. The Air uses a monocular camera and the R1 a binocular one; both have a four-microphone array and an 8-core processor. Runtime is about 60 min, a third of the 180 min median. Unitree has not published walking speed, battery capacity, charge time or SDK details.
Against other humanoid robots
Where the published figures sit among the 90 humanoid robots in our database. Only robots whose makers publish the same figure are counted.
| Figure | Unitree R1 | Median | Range | Robots publishing it |
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| Height | 1.23 m | 1.7 m0.57 m – 1.9 m · 66 robots | 0.57 m – 1.9 m | 66 |
| Weight | 27 kg | 61 kg5.5 kg – 230 kg · 73 robots | 5.5 kg – 230 kg | 73 |
| DOF | 20 | 2912 – 164 · 71 robots | 12 – 164 | 71 |
| Runtime | 60 min | 3 h30 min – 20 h · 51 robots | 30 min – 20 h | 51 |
| Per-arm payload | 2 kg | 5 kg0.5 kg – 21 kg · 41 robots | 0.5 kg – 21 kg | 41 |
Its lowest published US-dollar price, US$4,900, is above 2 and below 17 of the 20 humanoid robots with a published US-dollar price (median US$19,000).
Unitree Robotics publishes 23 of the 45 figures we track for the Unitree R1 (51%). The median across the 90 humanoid robots in our database is 53%, so it discloses more than 39 of them.
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Prices and where to buy
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- R1 Air: US$4,900 · official price, US/global store · checked 2026-10-03 Official store/page
- R1: US$5,900 · official price, US/global store · checked 2026-10-03 Official store/page
- R1 EDU: Price on request · official price, Global · checked 2026-10-03 Official store/page
Prices change often; the maker's page is authoritative. Amazon prices are shown only through Amazon's own links.
Full specifications
Every value shows its confidence: Manufacturer stated by the maker · Verified independently confirmed · Estimate our calculation from official figures · Reported credible media, retailer or trade-show report, not confirmed by the maker · ⚠ Unconfirmed leak, rumour or single source — treat with caution · Not disclosed not published. Every value, whatever its confidence, links to its source. How we source specs.
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Cite: RankedRobot, https://rankedrobot.com/robots/unitree-r1/ (checked 2026-10-20) · Plain-text spec sheet · Open data · Robot 500: =18 of 29 humanoid robots (tied), grade C
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