Unitree RoboticsCommercially Available
Optionally-manned 'mecha' that switches between bipedal and quadrupedal locomotion, built from high-strength alloy for heavy-duty civilian transport, with the pilot riding in a chest-mounted cockpit. Unitree markets it as the world's first production-ready manned mecha.
Latest update Jul 28, 2026
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Unveiled May 12, 2026 and publicly re-shown at WAIC 2026 in Shanghai in July; availability so far appears limited to China, with no US/UK distributor reported.
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Announced next steps from Unitree Robotics that mention GD01.
2026-2028
Continue expanding from finished robots into embodied models, dexterous hands, robotic arms, sensors, and now the GD01 manned mecha unveiled in May 2026. In late July 2026 Unitree shipped UnifoLM-OmniA-0.3, a unified speech/vision/navigation/manipulation AI model aimed at home-care and wellness tasks. On September 7, 2026 it posted UnifoLM-X2-1.0, claiming the first fully autonomous humanoid combat driven in real time by a world model without teleoperation. The Pentagon's June 8, 2026 Section 1260H listing restricts direct DoD contracting with Unitree from June 30, 2026 and indirect procurement from June 2027. On July 28, 2026 the FCC went further and added foreign humanoid and quadruped robots to its Covered List directly, ahead of the bipartisan GUARD Act (H.R. 9129, introduced June 3, 2026) that had proposed the same step through legislation - new Unitree equipment authorizations in the US now require a Department of War Conditional Approval, while domestic China and non-U.S. markets remain unaffected. A separate bill, the Blocking CCP Spy Tech Act of 2026 (S.4586, introduced by Sens. Rick Scott and Tom Cotton around May 20-21, 2026), also names Unitree among six Chinese tech firms for a national-security investigation that could feed further Covered List additions. As of early September 2026 Unitree had still issued no public legal challenge to any of these measures (re-verified; unlike Alibaba, which sued the Pentagon over its own 1260H listing), even as Beijing imposed broad retaliatory trade measures over the U.S. designations. Adding to the scrutiny, researcher Olivier Laflamme's August 2026 disclosure of two wormable root-RCE flaws in the G1 EDU (CVE-2026-76639, CVE-2026-76640, both since patched) gives critics of Chinese-made robots a concrete security incident to point to alongside the geopolitical designations.
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Compact humanoid platform designed for embodied-AI development, education, and research. Unitree positions G1 as a low-cost humanoid avatar with optional dexterous hands, 3D LiDAR, depth cameras, and 23 to 43 total joints depending on configuration.
Upgraded G1 compact humanoid with two extra neck degrees of freedom, higher shoulder, waist and arm motor torque with lower heat, binocular plus wide-angle vision, head touch sensors, optional continuous external power, and a six-microphone far-field array. Aimed at research, education, and longer demo runtimes while keeping G1's price positioning.
Unitree's first universal full-size humanoid robot and the platform that put the company on the global humanoid map. It remains a high-mobility research platform with 3D LiDAR, depth sensing, and record-setting running performance.
Second-generation full-size humanoid platform aimed at broader embodied-AI and service use cases. H2 adds a bionic head, higher onboard compute, longer battery life, and a more capable upper body than H1. The H2+ variant - unveiled with Nvidia and Sharpa at COMPUTEX Taipei on June 1, 2026 - pairs the H2 body with Nvidia Blackwell-class compute, the Isaac GR00T stack, and Sharpa's 25-DoF dexterous hands as Nvidia's reference humanoid platform.
Low-cost lightweight humanoid designed to push embodied-AI development toward broader developer and consumer experimentation. R1 integrates voice and image multimodal interaction with a smaller, cheaper body than G1 or H2.
Unitree's mainstream consumer and developer quadruped platform. Go2 pairs low pricing with 4D LiDAR, OTA updates, app control, and enough mobility to make quadrupeds accessible outside elite labs and enterprise buyers.
Industrial quadruped built for power inspection, emergency response, and harsh-environment field work. B2 pushes far beyond consumer quadrupeds on load, endurance, and climbing ability.
Unitree's most advanced industrial quadruped, launched August 2025 as a rugged all-terrain platform for inspection, logistics, and field operations. The A2 ("Stellar Hunter") pairs dual front-and-rear 3D LiDAR for 360-degree awareness with hot-swappable batteries and a heavy standing-load capacity that pushes well beyond the B2.
Compact industrial quadruped launched February 24, 2026, positioned between the consumer Go2 and the heavier B2/A2 platforms. Unitree markets roughly 2x Go2 dynamic performance in a ~20 kg package, with IP54 weather sealing, an open developer stack on the X and EDU trims, and a standing payload up to 65 kg on the top configuration.
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Figure AI
Second-generation workforce humanoid that validated Figure's first real factory deployment. Figure 02 paired six onboard RGB cameras, 16-DOF hands, onboard vision-language reasoning, and a 3x compute increase over Figure 01 for manufacturing and logistics tasks.
Figure AI
Third-generation humanoid robot redesigned for home and commercial environments, with softer surfaces, embedded palm cameras, tactile fingertips, wireless charging, and lower-cost manufacturing for large-scale deployment.
Boston Dynamics
Enterprise humanoid robot designed for factories and warehouses. The all-electric Atlas is Boston Dynamics' commercial mobile-manipulation platform for part sequencing, machine tending, and heavy-object handling, built for manufacturability, serviceability, and continuous operation. The production version has 56 degrees of freedom with fully rotational joints, a 2.3 m reach, and the strength to lift up to 50 kg instant or 30 kg sustained.
Boston Dynamics
Agile quadruped robot for autonomous industrial inspection, data collection, and remote operation in hazardous environments. Features 3D vision, SLAM navigation, obstacle avoidance, and stair climbing. Used across oil & gas, utilities, construction, mining, and manufacturing.