{"id":"3c593db9-6102-4c29-9be6-172887565abe","companyId":"e0eddc78-26bb-43ae-bfc5-422a414ebd99","modelName":"Unitree G1","slug":"unitree-g1","description":"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.","formFactor":"humanoid","industryVertical":null,"environment":null,"maturityStage":"commercial","lifecycleState":"active","supersededByModelId":null,"specs":{"dof":"23-43","mass_kg":35,"dof_range":"23-43","height_cm":130,"runtime_h":"2","weight_kg":"35","drive_mode":"bipedal","payload_kg":3,"runtime_hours":"2","battery_life_hours":2},"manufacturerSerial":null,"reviewStatus":"reviewed","sources":[{"url":"https://www.unitree.com/g1","title":"Unitree — G1","sourceName":"Unitree Robotics","publishedAt":"2026-01-01"},{"url":"https://humanoid.press/humanoid-press/news/archives-humanoid-robots/","title":"Humanoid Press — Unitree G1 specs and adoption","sourceName":"Humanoid Press","publishedAt":"2026-01-01"},{"url":"https://www.unitree.com/g1/","title":"Unitree G1 humanoid (canonical specs: 1320 mm, ~35 kg, 23-43 DOF, Dex3-1 hand)","sourceName":"Unitree (official)"},{"url":"https://spectrum.ieee.org/unitree-g1","title":"Unitree demos new $16k robot (ICRA 2024 reveal/interview)","sourceName":"IEEE Spectrum"},{"url":"https://www.therobotreport.com/unitree-robotics-unveils-g1-humanoid-for-16k/","title":"Unitree unveils G1 humanoid for $16K (launch specs)","sourceName":"The Robot Report"},{"url":"https://newatlas.com/robotics/unitree-g1-humanoid-robot-mass-production/","title":"Unitree G1 ready to leap into mass production (agility demos)","sourceName":"New Atlas"},{"url":"https://www.designboom.com/technology/unitree-mass-production-g1-humanoid-robot-08-27-2024/","title":"Unitree gears up for mass production of G1","sourceName":"designboom"},{"url":"https://interestingengineering.com/innovation/china-humanoid-performs-impressive-kungfu","title":"Unitree humanoid demonstrates kung-fu moves and backflips (KungFu Kid demo)","sourceName":"Interesting Engineering"},{"url":"https://tml.stanford.edu/homebody/","title":"HomeBody: A Humanoid That Explores, Remembers, and Acts on Its Own","sourceName":"Stanford The Movement Lab (TML)","publishedAt":"2026-09-01"},{"url":"https://hybridrobotics.github.io/workhorse/","title":"Workhorse: Learning Robust Whole-Body Humanoid Loco-Manipulation from Human Data","sourceName":"UC Berkeley Hybrid Robotics","publishedAt":"2026-10-07"},{"url":"https://x.com/robotsdigest/status/2107923546827858395","title":"Workhorse framework post","sourceName":"X/@robotsdigest","publishedAt":"2026-10-07"}],"aliases":["G1"],"collisionRisk":"low","reviewNote":null,"manufacturerTermForTeleop":null,"keyFacts":[{"label":"Height","value":"130 cm"},{"label":"Weight","value":"35 kg"},{"label":"DOF","value":"23-43"},{"label":"Payload","value":"3 kg"},{"label":"Battery life","value":"2 hours"},{"label":"Price","value":"$13,500-$16,000"},{"label":"Sensor suite","value":"3D LiDAR and depth cameras"},{"label":"Drive type","value":"bipedal"},{"label":"Availability","value":"BUYABLE — available for direct purchase from Unitree store, the most accessible humanoid robot"},{"label":"Pricing model","value":"One-time purchase (no subscription)"},{"label":"HomeBody research demo (Stanford + Caltech, project-stated)","value":"Project-stated ([project-stated](https://tml.stanford.edu/homebody/)): Stanford The Movement Lab + Caltech HomeBody system runs a Unitree G1 guided by GPT Astra (frontier VLM) with composable skills and spatial memory, without a trained VLA between planner and skills. Demo: explore unfamiliar kitchen, Real2Sim twin in Isaac Sim, then tidy / retrieve-medicine loco-manipulation. Research platform use of G1, not a Unitree product claim"},{"label":"Research: Workhorse learns whole-body loco-manipulation on G1 from human data, no teleop (claimed, Oct 2026)","value":"Claimed ([claimed](https://hybridrobotics.github.io/workhorse/); also [X/@robotsdigest](https://x.com/robotsdigest/status/2107923546827858395)): UC Berkeley researchers (Songbo Hu, Qiayuan Liao and co-authors including Pieter Abbeel and Koushil Sreenath) presented Workhorse, which trains a humanoid from robot-free human demonstrations recorded with five wearable trackers and a chest camera, with no teleoperation and no motion retargeting. A visual planner predicts torso, wrist and foot targets and a reinforcement-learning whole-body tracker follows them. On a real Unitree G1 the authors show box sorting with hands and a kick (including a five-minute run with no reset and recoveries after pushes or box removal), catching a thrown box, and toppling and climbing a suitcase. In a simulated copy of the room the G1 completed box sorting in 77% of episodes (64% under 40 N s pushes). Cap: research demo; code not yet released. Digest credit to Stanford not found on the project page."}],"createdAt":"2026-05-25T17:24:20.880Z","updatedAt":"2026-10-08T02:00:22.694Z","unitsInFieldClaimed":null,"unitsInFieldVerified":null,"unitsManufacturedClaimed":null,"unitsManufacturedVerified":null,"unitsAsOf":null,"unitsSource":null,"salesModel":null,"priceUndisclosedSince":null,"autonomyClass":"mixed","autonomyStatement":"Unitree G1 humanoid robot swarm performing rapid martial arts choreography, advanced balance","autonomyStatementSource":{"url":"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iMb8G5Hsi90","date":"2026"},"demoForensics":{"notes":"Unitree's viral videos show G1 robots performing martial arts choreography, dancing, and soccer kicks. These are choreographed demonstrations in controlled lab/film environments. The martial arts \"swarm\" video uses multiple cuts and camera angles. While the balance and locomotion are genuinely impressive (RL-based per Unitree), the videos do not demonstrate autonomous task completion in a work setting. Unitree's YouTube channel (@unitreerobotics) shows product demos but does not claim full autonomy for the G1. The G1 is a $16K developer platform, not a deployed work robot. The viral \"kung fu\" and \"soccer kick\" videos are choreographed performances, not autonomous work. No verified commercial deployment of G1 performing autonomous tasks exists. The H2 Plus (separate dossier) is even further from deployment.","videoUrl":"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iMb8G5Hsi90","singleTake":"no","environment":"lab","speedAltered":"unclear","autonomyClaimed":"yes","autonomyCorroborated":"no"},"exportControlClass":null,"minCommitment":null,"warrantyTerms":null,"serviceModel":null,"productionRateClaimed":null,"productionRateEvidenced":null,"teleopRatioDisclosed":null,"interventionRateDisclosed":null,"jsonLd":{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Product","@id":"https://registry.deploy.report/models/unitree-g1","url":"https://registry.deploy.report/models/unitree-g1","name":"Unitree G1","alternateName":["G1"],"description":"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. 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