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As of Aug 2026, DEPLOY verifies Unitree Robotics: 9 models, 9 deployments across 9 regions, $819.0M raised, 15 active incidents. 14 sources back the record.
CategoryHumanoids
Overview
Unitree Robotics is a Chinese robotics company producing quadruped and humanoid robots at affordable prices. Products include G1 ($13,500 humanoid), H2 ($29,900 humanoid), Go2 quadruped, and B2 robot dog. Known for aggressive pricing making humanoid robots accessible. IPO on SSE. Deployed in research, entertainment, and industrial applications worldwide.
Verified record
- Verified deployments
- 9 deployments on file
- Active incidents
- 15 incidents on file
Valuation of record
Company-claimedPriced roundIPO (priced) post-money
Key facts
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Models (9)
View all models →Current platform
B2-W
Unitree's B2-W is a wheeled-leg variant of the B2 industrial quadruped, combining legs with interchangeable wheels for high-speed travel on flat ground (up to ~15 km/h) and leg mobility over steps/terrain; it carries ~40 kg, ranges ~25 km, and is rated IP67 (-20 to 55C).
Current platform
Unitree H2 Plus
Full-size bipedal humanoid robot developed by Unitree Robotics and selected as the hardware chassis for NVIDIA's Isaac GR00T reference humanoid design, announced at ICRA 2026 in Vienna (June 2026). Standing approximately 183 cm (6 feet) tall with 31 degrees of freedom in the base body. The NVIDIA Isaac GR00T reference configuration pairs the H2 Plus chassis with Sharpa Wave tactile five-fingered hands (22 DoF total, 11 DoF each) and an NVIDIA Jetson AGX Thor T5000 module for onboard compute, enabling advanced on-device inference for sim-to-real policy transfer and dexterous manipulation. The Isaac GR00T open software stack, including Isaac Lab simulation and GR00T N1 foundation model workflows, runs natively on the platform. Unitree announced H2 Plus unit availability beginning October 2026. Named early adopters include Ai2, ETH Zurich, Stanford Robotics Center, and UC San Diego's Advanced Robotics and Controls Laboratory.
Current platform
Unitree B1
Industrial quadruped (~50 kg, IP67, 20 kg walking / 80 kg standing payload) and a research/HRI platform; the predecessor to the B2 and still sold for its IP rating and sustained payload. Supports SLAM/autonomy research.
Current platform
Unitree B2
Industrial/heavy-duty quadruped with LiDAR + camera autonomous navigation, advanced obstacle avoidance and autonomous charging; ~40 kg walking payload (120 kg static), 15-20 km range. Commercial; for inspection, load transport and field operations.
Current platform
Unitree Go2
Consumer/developer quadruped. The Pro/LiDAR variant carries 4D LiDAR for point-cloud mapping and autonomous path-following; reinforcement-learning locomotion. Commercial (Pro ~$2,800). Autonomous-nav capable; not marketed as a standalone autonomous inspection system.
Current platform
Unitree H2
Unitree H2 is a full-size humanoid robot from Unitree Robotics of Hangzhou, China and the successor to the H1, unveiled in October 2025 and listed for sale on Unitree's official store at 29,900 dollars, with a separate EDU developer variant sold via contact-sales and dealer shipping to North America in the second quarter of 2026. It is a genuine hardware step over the H1 rather than a re-skin: 31 degrees of freedom, up from 27, with a new three-degree-of-freedom waist, seven-degree-of-freedom arms up from four, a quasi-serial leg and foot redesign, a G1 and R1 aligned hip configuration, and a bio-inspired animated face new to the H-series. It stands about 1.82 meters and weighs around 70 kilograms with battery, rates roughly seven kilograms of arm payload, runs about three hours per charge on an Intel Core i5 or i7 compute base while the EDU variant offers an NVIDIA Jetson option, and walks at under two meters per second, trading the H1's higher top speed for dexterity and bionics. The registry records it at commercial maturity because it is an openly purchasable product with a published price and stated second-quarter 2026 shipping, while noting it is not deployed at fleet scale. Critically, Unitree's marquee H2 demonstrations, including dance, boxing, martial arts, a runway walk, and a 2026 CCTV Spring Festival Gala appearance, are choreographed or teleoperated rather than verified autonomous task execution: teleoperation via a control rig or Apple Vision Pro is Unitree's stated bridge technology and autonomy is a goal rather than the present state, so the H2 is recorded as a capable motion and hardware platform without asserting autonomous task capability.
Current platform
Unitree R1
Unitree R1 is a lightweight bipedal humanoid robot with an integrated large multimodal model (voice + images) and fully open joint/sensor interfaces; developer/research-oriented, with an education-focused R1 EDU variant.
Current platform
Unitree H1
Unitree's full-size bipedal humanoid research platform, standing approximately 1.8 m tall and weighing 47 kg. The H1 achieves a documented maximum running speed of 3.3 m/s (7.4 mph) using proprietary high-torque joints with 360 N-m peak knee torque, and is powered by a quick-swappable 864 Wh lithium-ion battery. The base configuration ships without hands; arms include expandable mounting points for end-effectors. Unitree positions the H1 as a high-performance research platform for universities and enterprise R&D teams, distinct from the smaller and lower-cost G1.
Current platform
Unitree G1
Unitree's compact full-size humanoid, introduced as a notably low-cost research-grade bipedal platform (base pricing widely reported around $13,500-$16,000). Roughly 130 cm tall, ~35 kg, with a configurable 23-43 degrees of freedom, 3D LiDAR, depth cameras, and athletic capabilities. Widely adopted by universities and labs.
Unitree Robotics on the deployment map
View the global map9 verified deployments across 9 regions, newest verified Jun 2026. Explore where Unitree Robotics's robots are operating, by place and type.
- announcedUnitree H2 Plus at San Diego, CA →verified Jun 2026
- announcedUnitree H2 Plus at Stanford →verified Jun 2026
- announcedUnitree H2 Plus at Zürich, Switzerland →verified Jun 2026
- announcedUnitree H2 Plus at Seattle →verified Jun 2026
- operationalUnitree G1 at Tokyo Haneda Airport →verified May 2026
- pilotUnitree G1 at Tokyo →verified May 2026
- operationalUnitree H1 at Pittsburgh →verified Mar 2024
- operationalUnitree B2 at Shenzhen →
- operationalUnitree Go2 at Global →
View the full Unitree Robotics deployment record →
Relationships
Claims ledger
Public, dated claims by Unitree Robotics, each tracked against the evidence. Status is a DEPLOY assessment from primary sources: verified means an independent source confirms it; contradicted means one refutes it; open means the outcome is not yet determinable. Every entry keeps its verbatim quote and source so you can check the call yourself.
- VerifiedCapacity · claimed 2026-06-20
“China's EngineAI just opened a Shenzhen factory that can roll a T800 humanoid robot off the line”
EngineAI T800 factory in Shenzhen confirmed. Note: This is EngineAI, not Unitree. Included as a comparison benchmark for Chinese humanoid production rates.
- Partly trueCapacity · claimed 2026-06-01
“1 robot/hour”
This was Elon Musk's claim about Tesla Optimus, not Unitree. Unitree's own production rate is not independently confirmed. Unitree's G1 is sold from $16K and is a consumer/developer product with mass production capability, but specific unit output numbers are not publicly disclosed.
- Partly trueTimeline · claimed 2026-06-01 · deadline 2026-06-30
“Unitree IPO'd in June 2026”
CORRECTION: Downgraded from verified to partial. Unitree received CSRC regulatory approval for its Shanghai STAR Market IPO (July 3, 2026), but Reuters reports 'has not set a launch date' — the IPO is approved but not yet listed/trading. A verified requires the listing completed (shares trading), not merely filed or approved.
- VerifiedCapability · claimed 2026-01-01
“Unitree G1: Most Viral Humanoid Robot 2026”
Unitree G1 viral videos (martial arts, dancing, soccer) have hundreds of millions of views. The "most viral" characterization is accurate. However, viral demos are choreographed lab performances, not autonomous work deployments. https://www.youtube.com/@unitreerobotics
Disagree with a status? Unitree Robotics can submit a correction with evidence and we log the response on the record. Methodology and the full industry ledger live at /stats/claim-integrity.
Explainers
Plain-language answers to the questions people ask about Unitree Robotics, from DEPLOY’s explainer library. Each is written in the language of the question and cross-checked against this registry.
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Current leadership (2)
- Wang Xingxing Founder & CEOsecondary-verified
- Xingxing Wang Founder & CEOreported, not verified
Founders (3)
- Wang Xingxingsolefounded 2016-01-01
- Chen Licofounderfounded 2016-01-01
- Xingxing Wangcofounder
Safety record
15 incidents on record (3 serious, 3 moderate, 9 minor). Most recent: Jul 2026.
Most recent: Jul 2026
Only active incidents are counted. Retracted incidents are excluded from this summary but remain reachable at their canonical URLs.
Full safety record: incidents, sourcing, and exposure data →
Incidents affecting Unitree Robotics (15)
- FCC bans imports of new Chinese-made humanoid and quadruped robots, citing national security risks2026-07-28 · Regulatory action
- Unitree G1 robot kicks child during amusement park performance in China2026-06-08 · Injury
- Pentagon adds Unitree Robotics to Chinese Military Companies list (1260H)2026-06-08 · Regulatory action
- Unitree G1 humanoid robot kicked a man in the nose causing heavy bleeding after falling and flailing during a public demonstration in China2026-02-18 · Injury
via Unitree G1
- Unitree G1 humanoid kicked engineer in the groin during motion-learning test2025-12-24 · Injury
via Unitree G1
- Crane-suspended Unitree H1 thrashed during a factory test and toppled nearby equipment2025-05-01 · Property damage
Includes incidents linked directly to this company, to its models, or to deployments of its models or under its operation. Retracted incidents are excluded from this view but remain reachable at their canonical URLs.
Operator customers (1)
- Unitree Robotics9 deployments
Brains developed (1)
- UnifoLMworld-model · research · open
Recent coverage
Unitree Robotics in third-party press
Peer companies
- AgiBot5 models
- Boston Dynamics5 models
- UBTech Robotics5 models
- 1X Technologies4 models
- DEEP Robotics4 models
- Fourier Intelligence4 models
Supplied by (16)
Compute / semiconductor
- NVIDIAcompany-levelOnboard NVIDIA Jetson Orin NX (100-157 TOPS) compute module (G1 humanoid); Jetson Thor ecosystem partnersupplies
- NVIDIAvia Unitree H2 PlusNVIDIA Jetson Thor (Blackwell, 2,070 FP4 TFLOPS) + Isaac GR00T -- Unitree H2 Plus is the official NVIDIA Isaac GR00T reference humanoid design; onboard compute is NVIDIA Jetson Thor with 14-core Arm CPU, 128GB unified memory; 31 DoF / 182 cm / 70 kg research platform built for frontier AI and robotics R&Dco-develops
- Intel Corporationvia Unitree B1Intel Core i5-1135G7 (motion control CPU; dedicated to Unitree motion-control OS)supplies
- NVIDIAvia Unitree B1NVIDIA Jetson Xavier NX (up to 3 units; sensing and AI compute platform)supplies
- Intel Corporationvia Unitree B2Intel Core i5 (Operation and Control Computing Unit -- dedicated to Unitree motion control OS, not user-accessible) + Intel Core i7 (Development Computing Unit -- for developer applications, SLAM/navigation frameworks, and secondary robotics development); standard dual-compute architecture in all Unitree B2 configurationssupplies
- NVIDIAvia Unitree B2NVIDIA Jetson Orin NX (up to 3 units, 100 TOPS each) -- optional AI compute expansion modules for Unitree B2 industrial quadruped; each Orin NX delivers 100 TOPS for edge AI workloads including 3D perception, SLAM, and deep learning pipelines; paired with standard Intel Core platform compute; configured as the Development Computing Unit for AI/robotics applicationssupplies
- NVIDIAvia Unitree Go2NVIDIA Jetson Orin NX (100 TOPS) and/or Orin Nano (40 TOPS) -- AI compute module in Unitree Go2 EDU and Go2 EDU Plus variants; Orin Nano powers Go2 EDU Standard (40 TOPS), Orin NX powers Go2 EDU Plus (100 TOPS); enables onboard SLAM, autonomous navigation, computer vision, and running large AI/ML models; not included in base Go2 Air/Pro configurationssupplies
- NVIDIAvia Unitree H1NVIDIA Jetson Orin -- onboard AI compute for H1 humanoid locomotion and real-time controlsupplies
- NVIDIAvia Unitree G1NVIDIA Jetson Orin NX -- onboard AI inference for locomotion and manipulation on Unitree G1supplies
Sensors
- Orbbeccompany-levelOrbbec stereo-vision depth-camera technology integrated in Unitree robots (no model named)suppliesclaimed
- RoboSense Technology Co., Ltd.company-levelRoboSense solid-state LiDAR on Unitree quadruped robotssuppliesclaimed
- Livoxcompany-levelLivox Mid-360 3D LiDAR (360deg horizontal / 59deg vertical FOV) -- Unitree G1 'G1 MID360 LiDAR' variantsuppliesclaimed
- Hesai Technologycompany-levelHesai JT128 lidar (both Unitree humanoid models) and XT16 3D lidar (Go2 EDU quadruped)supplies
- Intel RealSensevia Unitree B1Intel RealSense D430 depth cameras (five units; 360-degree perception)supplies
Actuators & motors
- Inovance Technologycompany-levelInovance servo motors -- reported upstream servo supplier to domestic robot brands incl. Unitree (reporting)suppliesclaimed
- Leaderdrive (Leader Harmonious Drive Systems Co., Ltd.)company-levelLeaderdrive harmonic reducers -- reported as a supplier to major domestic humanoid OEMs incl. Unitree (analyst/market reporting, not a hard procurement disclosure)suppliesclaimed
Inbound supply edges feeding this company directly or via the models it owns. Same source bar as the outbound view (verified against at least two strong sources).
Financial state
- Reporting basis
- aggregator_estimate
- Lifecycle stage
- growth
- Counterparty risk class
- moderate
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Partnerships (5)
- GMO AIR x Unitree Robotics Distribution with GMO AI & Roboticsdistribution
- China Mobile x AgiBot x Unitree humanoid network deployment with AgiBot, China Mobiledeployment
- JAL x GMO AI Robotics Unitree humanoid airport deployment with GMO AI & Robotics Corporation, Japan Airlinesdeployment
- NVIDIA x Unitree Isaac GR00T with NVIDIAtechnologyannouncedreported, not operationally verified
- Neubility x Unitree Robotics with Neubilitydevelopmentannouncedreported, not operationally verified
Funding rounds (4)
Unitree Robotics’s 4 disclosed rounds, $2.2B in total, oldest to newest.
- IPO (priced)2026-08-14
$900M(reported) · $9.0B post
- IPO2026-07-02
$619M(reported)
- IPO2026-03-20
$608M(reported)
- Series C2025-06-01
$97M(reported) · $1.7B post
Investors: Alibaba (co_lead), Tencent (co_lead), Ant Group (co_lead), Geely Capital (co_lead)
Patent estate (4)
- CN213502637Ucnipagrantedassignee
- US10940582B2usptograntedgranted 2021-03-09assignee
- USD916203S1usptograntedgranted 2021-06-08assignee
- CN106904226Bcnipagrantedgranted 2020-07-14assignee
Recent activity
Every change to this record is dated, sourced, and independently verified where marked.
- Incident recordedJul 28, 2026
FCC bans imports of new Chinese-made humanoid and quadruped robots, citing national...
- Verified media addedVerifiedJul 23, 2026
Unitree H1 balance demonstration
- Verified media addedVerifiedJul 23, 2026
Unitree G1 in a workshop
- Verified media addedVerifiedJul 23, 2026
Unitree B2 descending stairs
- Incident recordedJun 8, 2026
Unitree G1 robot kicks child during amusement park performance in China
Sources (10)
- https://www.cnbc.com/2026/03/20/unitree-plans-shanghai-ipo-testing-interest-in-humanoid-robots.html
- https://restofworld.org/2026/unitree-china-humanoid-robot-shanghai-ipo/
- https://www.scmp.com/tech/article/3347611/inside-unitrees-landmark-ipo-what-know-about-chinas-humanoid-giant
- https://www.therobotreport.com/unitree-ipo-shows-a-real-hardware-business-the-humanoid-case-is-still-early/
- https://technode.com/2025/02/19/unitree-robotics-humanoid-robots-sees-orders-surge-after-spring-festival-gala-performance/
- https://www.cnbc.com/2026/02/20/china-humanoid-robots-spring-festival-gala-unitree-tesla-ai-race.html
- https://www.scmp.com/tech/big-tech/article/3343825/kung-fu-somersaults-and-scale-unitree-eyes-20000-robot-output-2026-after-gala
- https://www.globaltimes.cn/page/202604/1358712.shtml
- https://thenextweb.com/news/unitree-gd01-mecha-humanoid-robot-ipo
- https://thestandard.com.hk/innovation/article/329103/Unitree-H1-sets-10ms-global-speed-record
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Methodology: Verified · 10 sources (no primary) · last reviewed 2026-08-20
Verification posture
Verified
Medium confidence
Review state
Stable
Last reviewed 2026-08-20
Sources by quality tier
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- unclassified
- Unclassified source
- 2
- secondary-established-publication
- Established publication
- 1
- secondary-trade-publication
- Trade publication
The framework is documented at /methodology. Corrections at /corrections. Reviewer: DEPLOY editorial team.
Methodology surface for Unitree Robotics.Peer companies
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In the press
Recent coverage mentioning Unitree Robotics from third-party publications. Automatically surfaced; not part of the verified registry record.
Why Unitree became the first humanoid robot company to go public in China
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Unitree Robotics shares surged in their Shanghai trading debut after the company raised 6.1 billion yuan in an initial public offering, becoming the first listed humanoid robot…
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Chinese robotics giant Unitree surged as much as 629% in its blockbuster market debut
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Peer companies
- AgiBot5 models
- Boston Dynamics5 models
- UBTech Robotics5 models
- 1X Technologies4 models
- DEEP Robotics4 models
- Fourier Intelligence4 models
Video
Based on Unitree’s UnifoLM-X1-0 embodied AI model, this is an actual deployment at Unitree’s own robot factory.
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Reality vs attention
Unitree Robotics draws attention at the 96th percentile but verifies reality at the 94th percentile among humanoids. Hype Gap +2, 33rd widest among humanoids.
6-month trend
Analysis
Well-capitalized with $2.2B raised. Strong deployment footprint with 10 operational sites across 15 countries. 4 incidents recorded in the past 90 days.
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Attention (reach, not merit)
DEPLOY Intelligence scores are computed from verified registry data: confirmed deployments, disclosed funding rounds, regulatory filings, active job listings, video viewership, and press coverage. Confidence ratings reflect data availability. Scores update nightly.
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