Unitree G1 — price, specs & alternatives (2026 index)

Name: Unitree G1
Brand: Unitree Robotics
Availability: InStock

Unitree Robotics, China · humanoid robot

Market price$13,500–$73,900

Payload2 kg

Top speed2 m/s

Typical applicationsresearch, education, logistics and manufacturing pilots

Unitree G1 by Unitree Robotics (China) is a humanoid robot; the index lists it at $13,500–$73,900 as of 2026-09, status: for sale.

For sale

$13,500–$73,900

Official base configuration (23 DoF) at $13,500 in Unitree's store; EDU configurations through US resellers run $43,900–73,900 across 12 variants.

Verified as of 2026-09 · how we verify prices

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Unitree G1 vs its class

Computed from this index: medians across the humanoid robot models that publish each figure. No estimates — the medians move as the data does. 54 models

Metric	This model	Class median	vs median
Price, mid of range	$43,700	$39,990	×1.09
Payload	2 kg	10 kg	×0.2
Weight	35 kg	58.5 kg	×0.6
Height	132 cm	168 cm	×0.79
Degrees of freedom	23	31	×0.74
Speed	2 m/s	1.7 m/s	×1.18
Battery life	2 h	2 h	×1
Price per kg of payload	$21,850	$9,279	×2.35

Alternatives & how they compare

Unitree G1 against its closest rivals in this class — Western and Chinese alternatives side by side, by price and key specs.

Model	Maker	Price (USD)	Payload	DoF	Status
Unitree G1	Unitree Robotics (China)	$13,500–$73,900	2 kg	23	For sale
Lumi	Lightberry (USA)	$39,990	—	34	Pre-order
NEURA 4NE1 Mini	Neura Robotics (Germany)	$23,100–$34,650	3 kg	25	Pre-order
AgiBot A2 Lite	Agibot (Zhiyuan Robotics) (China)	$44,560	1.5 kg	23	For sale

Total cost of ownership — indicative

A model estimate built from our verified price data and industry rules of thumb. Not a vendor offer: exact numbers come with a factory quote.

Cost item	Estimate (USD)
Hardware (index price)	$13,500–$73,900
Delivery & import	+5–12% · $675–$8,868
Commissioning & integration	+5–15% · $675–$11,085
Maintenance & support, per year	5–10% · $675–$7,390
Indicative 3-year TCO	$16,875–$116,023

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Unitree G1 reviews

No verified owner reviews yet. We publish only reviews from people who can show they own the robot, and we summarise — never rewrite — published third-party tests.

Published reviewComenius University Bratislava (deployment report) · university research lab; two G1 EDU units with tactile hands2026-05

An early deployment note covering the path from unboxing to repeatable research use. The authors find that from a hardware perspective the platform "largely fulfils expectations and flat-ground locomotion is convincing", but that the complete system "is still fragile for everyday experimental work, especially once the dexterous hands are installed".

Quick to first motion if the vendor procedure is followed; flat-ground walking and running are among the strongest parts of the platform
Accessible enough for university labs yet advanced enough for serious humanoid research (SDK, ROS 2, VLA experiments)
Hardware broadly meets the published specifications

Software version drift and weak configuration management across vendor components
External hand cabling is mechanically vulnerable during loco-manipulation
Onboard sensing constraints and immature SLAM/navigation tooling

Read the full review at Comenius University Bratislava →

Published reviewJoAnnHang (GitHub issue, unitree_sdk2_python) · G1 with a third-party dexterous hand, controlled via ROS 2 and the arm SDK2026-01-06

A user reports that with a third-party dexterous hand mounted, the G1's shoulder-pitch motor overheats after a short period of operation and the arm loses response under the default PD gains, and asks Unitree for recommended gains, torque limits or gravity-compensation settings for that end-effector.

Shoulder-pitch motor overheats and stops responding when a third-party hand adds payload
No documented PD/torque/payload settings for third-party end-effectors at the time of the report

Read the full review at GitHub (unitreerobotics) →

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