Unitree publishes prices that are low for humanoid robots: from US$4,900 for the R1 and US$13,500 for the G1, before tax and shipping. Its own spec tables show what those prices leave out. On both robots, the versions with dexterous hands and secondary development access are EDU models, and the EDU price is “Contact sales.”

The G1

The G1 page lists two models. The base G1 at US$13,500 has 23 degrees of freedom, no listed hand, an arm load of about 2 kilograms and an 8-month warranty. The G1 EDU has 23 to 43 degrees of freedom, an optional three-fingered force-controlled hand, an arm load of about 3 kilograms and an 18-month warranty. Secondary development is marked available only on the EDU. Both weigh about 35 kilograms and run about two hours per battery.

The R1

The R1 page has three tiers. The R1 AIR costs US$4,900, weighs about 27 kilograms, has 20 degrees of freedom, no waist or head joints and a single camera, with a 6-month warranty. The R1 costs US$5,900, adds waist and head joints and a stereo camera, and carries an 8-month warranty. The R1 EDU, price on request, has 26 to 40 degrees of freedom, an optional dexterous hand, a 12-month warranty and is again the only version with secondary development. All three run about one hour per battery.

What the fine print says

Unitree’s footnotes are worth reading. The arm load “varies greatly under different arm extension postures.” Some functions shown on the pages “are still being developed and tested.” And the company adds a warning that few product pages carry.

“Individual users are strongly advised to thoroughly understand the limitations of humanoid robots before making a purchase.”

Unitree, on its G1 and R1 product pages

For a lab, the practical comparison is between EDU quotes, because the base models do not include the hands or development access most research needs. For a business, the robot price is the smaller line. A task still needs software, fixtures, training and service, and a one or two hour battery shapes how a shift is planned. Japan Airlines’ ground-handling trial at Haneda, which uses the G1, is planned to run until 2028 before any routine use.

Unitree does not publish EDU prices. Its prospectus counts more than 5,500 humanoids shipped in 2025, but the reports do not say how many were EDU models. A published EDU price list, or an average selling price in Unitree’s reports as a listed company, would make the real cost of its robots easier to compare.