Social RoboticsUnitree launches the R1 humanoid at about $5,900
The Chinese firm's small humanoid, with voice and image AI, undercut most rivals on price.
Unitree introduced the R1, a humanoid about 1.2 metres tall and weighing 25 kg, with a starting price of around $5,900. It has 26 joints and multimodal AI for voice and image input, with an educational version offering dexterous hands, extra compute and ROS 2 support. Unitree acknowledged that wider use in public services and homes will take time. The low price point made humanoids accessible to many more universities, schools and developers, widening the pool of people able to study human-humanoid interaction.
Source: The Robot Report
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