{
  "slug": "unitree-g1",
  "name": "G1",
  "manufacturer": {
    "name": "Unitree Robotics",
    "country": "CN",
    "url": "https://www.unitree.com"
  },
  "category": "full-size",
  "announced": {
    "date": "2024-05-13",
    "source": {
      "url": "https://www.therobotreport.com/unitree-robotics-unveils-g1-humanoid-for-16k/",
      "quote": "Unitree Robotics unveiled the G1 at ICRA 2024, pricing the humanoid at $16,000.",
      "accessed": "2026-09-20"
    }
  },
  "specs": {
    "height_cm": {
      "value": 132,
      "status": "claimed",
      "source": {
        "url": "https://www.unitree.com/g1/",
        "quote": "1320x450x200mm",
        "accessed": "2026-09-20"
      }
    },
    "weight_kg": {
      "value": 35,
      "status": "claimed",
      "source": {
        "url": "https://www.unitree.com/g1/",
        "quote": "About 35kg",
        "accessed": "2026-09-20"
      }
    },
    "dof": {
      "value": 23,
      "status": "claimed",
      "source": {
        "url": "https://www.unitree.com/g1/",
        "quote": "23 (standard); 23 - 43 (G1 EDU)",
        "accessed": "2026-09-27",
        "media_type": "documentation",
        "publisher_type": "official",
        "review": {
          "status": "insufficient",
          "method": "text",
          "checked": "2026-09-27",
          "reason": "The reviewed source did not establish both the exact recorded value and the concrete robot variant for this specification."
        }
      }
    },
    "battery_runtime_min": {
      "value": 120,
      "status": "claimed",
      "source": {
        "url": "https://www.unitree.com/g1/",
        "quote": "About 2h",
        "accessed": "2026-09-20"
      }
    },
    "walking_speed_kmh": {
      "value": 7.2,
      "status": "claimed",
      "source": {
        "url": "https://www.therobotreport.com/unitree-robotics-unveils-g1-humanoid-for-16k/",
        "quote": "The robot also features a fast walking speed of 2,000 mm/s (4.5 MPH).",
        "accessed": "2026-09-20"
      }
    },
    "payload_kg": {
      "value": 2,
      "status": "claimed",
      "source": {
        "url": "https://www.unitree.com/g1/",
        "quote": "About 2Kg (standard); About 3Kg (EDU)",
        "accessed": "2026-09-20"
      }
    },
    "tactile_skin": {
      "value": true,
      "status": "demonstrated",
      "source": {
        "url": "https://mikekalil.com/blog/textile-robot-e-skin/",
        "quote": "Shanghai-based JQ Industries demonstrated the capabilities using a Unitree G1 humanoid robot, but the technology is intended for use across platforms.",
        "accessed": "2026-09-27",
        "media_type": "article",
        "publisher_type": "independent",
        "review": {
          "status": "insufficient",
          "method": "text",
          "checked": "2026-09-27",
          "reason": "The reviewed source did not establish both the exact recorded value and the concrete robot variant for this specification."
        }
      },
      "note": "This is a third-party e-skin build (Shanghai-based JQ Industries' fabric-based piezoresistive tactile sensor, woven with conductive fibers that detect pressure, contact and force distribution), demonstrated on a Unitree G1 chassis as a showcase platform -- not a Unitree-manufactured or Unitree-sold component. A short video of the demo is publicly referenced ('This Robot's Skin Can Actually Feel Touch', YouTube Shorts, https://www.youtube.com/shorts/k9tj5kb3rHI) but could not be directly viewed during this build (YouTube consent redirect blocked automated fetch); 'demonstrated' status rests on the press description of an actual JQ Industries demo rather than direct video verification, and should be revisited if the video can be reviewed frame-by-frame."
    },
    "battery_swappable": {
      "value": true,
      "status": "claimed",
      "source": {
        "url": "https://www.unitree.com/g1/",
        "quote": "Smart Battery (Quick Release) 9000mAh",
        "accessed": "2026-09-21"
      }
    }
  },
  "price_history": [
    {
      "date": "2024-05-13",
      "amount": 16000,
      "currency": "USD",
      "variant": "base",
      "status": "claimed",
      "source": {
        "url": "https://www.therobotreport.com/unitree-robotics-unveils-g1-humanoid-for-16k/",
        "quote": "Price: $16,000 (base configuration)",
        "accessed": "2026-09-20"
      }
    },
    {
      "date": "2026-09-20",
      "amount": 13500,
      "currency": "USD",
      "variant": "base",
      "status": "claimed",
      "source": {
        "url": "https://www.unitree.com/g1/",
        "quote": "US $13.5K",
        "accessed": "2026-09-20"
      }
    }
  ],
  "delivery": {
    "status": "shipped",
    "timeline": [
      {
        "date": "2024-05-13",
        "event": "announced",
        "detail": "Unveiled at ICRA 2024 in Yokohama, priced from $16,000.",
        "quantity_min": null,
        "quantity_max": null,
        "source": {
          "url": "https://www.therobotreport.com/unitree-robotics-unveils-g1-humanoid-for-16k/",
          "quote": "Unitree Robotics unveiled the G1 at ICRA 2024, pricing the humanoid at $16,000.",
          "accessed": "2026-09-20"
        }
      },
      {
        "date": "2026-09-20",
        "event": "preorders-open",
        "detail": "G1 remains listed for direct purchase on Unitree's own store, standard configuration $13,500.",
        "quantity_min": null,
        "quantity_max": null,
        "source": {
          "url": "https://www.unitree.com/g1/",
          "quote": "US $13.5K",
          "accessed": "2026-09-20"
        }
      }
    ],
    "evidence": [
      {
        "kind": "receipt",
        "customer": "Fraunhofer IPA",
        "detail": "Fraunhofer IPA says it received a Unitree G1 EDU-4 with Dex3-1 hands in May 2025; the source gives a month, not a day.",
        "source": {
          "url": "https://www.ipa.fraunhofer.de/en/press-media/press_releases/benchmark-for-humanoid-robots.html",
          "quote": "The technical basis was the Unitree G1 EDU-4 with Dex3-1 3-finger hands delivered in May 2025 with firmware version 1.04.",
          "accessed": "2026-09-27",
          "media_type": "article",
          "publisher_type": "official",
          "variant": "Unitree G1 EDU-4",
          "published": "2026-05-27",
          "review": {
            "status": "supported",
            "method": "text",
            "checked": "2026-09-27",
            "reason": "Receiving research institute identifies exact variant and delivery month, but not exact day."
          }
        }
      },
      {
        "kind": "receipt",
        "customer": "Fraunhofer IPA",
        "detail": "Fraunhofer IPA separately describes a G1 crate arriving at its campus and an unboxing event; this supports physical receipt but no exact day.",
        "source": {
          "url": "https://interaktiv.ipa.fraunhofer.de/embodied-ai/humanoide-roboter_statusquo-potenziale-forschungsfelder_teil1/",
          "quote": "deren humanoider Roboter G1 nach mehreren Monaten Lieferzeit endlich im Automatisierungsbereich des Fraunhofer IPA angekommen war.",
          "accessed": "2026-09-27",
          "media_type": "article",
          "publisher_type": "official",
          "variant": "Unitree G1",
          "published": "2026-01-22",
          "review": {
            "status": "supported",
            "method": "text",
            "checked": "2026-09-27",
            "reason": "Customer primary account supports campus receipt; publication is later than receipt."
          }
        }
      },
      {
        "kind": "receipt",
        "customer": "Durham University",
        "detail": "Durham University says its Computer Science department has welcomed Alan, a Unitree G1 Edu robot; publication on 1 April 2026 is not a delivery date.",
        "source": {
          "url": "https://dur.ac.uk/news-events/latest-news/2026/04/durhams-new-humanoid-robot-to-support-cutting-edge-research/",
          "quote": "Alan is a Unitree G1 Edu robot",
          "accessed": "2026-09-27",
          "media_type": "article",
          "publisher_type": "official",
          "variant": "Unitree G1 Edu",
          "published": "2026-04-01",
          "review": {
            "status": "supported",
            "method": "text",
            "checked": "2026-09-27",
            "reason": "University primary report and image support receipt of a G1 Edu, without arrival day."
          }
        }
      }
    ]
  },
  "capabilities": [
    {
      "id": "fall-recovery",
      "status": "demonstrated",
      "autonomy": "scripted",
      "source": {
        "url": "https://arxiv.org/abs/2511.07407",
        "quote": "the default manufacturer-provided recovery controller on the Unitree G1, which executes a hard-coded joint trajectory with PD stabilization",
        "accessed": "2026-09-27",
        "media_type": "paper",
        "publisher_type": "independent",
        "review": {
          "status": "insufficient",
          "method": "text",
          "checked": "2026-09-27",
          "reason": "The text source was reviewed, but no video segment was watched; the existing capability status and autonomy classification for the exact recorded robot variant were not fully verified."
        }
      },
      "note": "Independent research paper (not Unitree marketing) describes and benchmarks the stock get-up behavior shipped on the robot; it is a fixed, hard-coded trajectory, not a learned or teleoperated one, hence 'scripted' rather than 'autonomous'."
    }
  ],
  "sdk": {
    "open_source": true,
    "ros": "ros2",
    "url": "https://github.com/unitreerobotics/unitree_sdk2",
    "status": "shipped",
    "source": {
      "url": "https://github.com/unitreerobotics/unitree_sdk2",
      "quote": "Unitree robot sdk version 2. https://support.unitree.com/home/zh/developer",
      "accessed": "2026-09-21"
    },
    "note": "unitree_sdk2 (BSD-3-Clause license per the repo's own license metadata) is Unitree's own published SDK, used by developers to control shipped units. ROS2 support is via the separate unitree_ros2 repository, which ships a G1-specific low-level control example ('g1/lowlevel/g1_low_level_example: Low level control for G1', github.com/unitreerobotics/unitree_ros2, accessed 2026-09-21) built on CycloneDDS, the same transport ROS2 uses -- this is demonstrated, shipped-grade tooling, not a claim."
  },
  "warranty": [
    {
      "months": 8,
      "region": "Global (standard configuration)",
      "status": "claimed",
      "source": {
        "url": "https://www.unitree.com/g1/",
        "quote": "8 months",
        "accessed": "2026-09-21"
      }
    },
    {
      "months": 18,
      "region": "Global (EDU configuration)",
      "status": "claimed",
      "source": {
        "url": "https://www.unitree.com/g1/",
        "quote": "18 months",
        "accessed": "2026-09-21"
      }
    }
  ],
  "order_type": {
    "value": "cart",
    "status": "shipped",
    "source": {
      "url": "https://shop.unitree.com/products/unitree-g1",
      "quote": "Add to Cart",
      "accessed": "2026-09-21"
    }
  },
  "media": [
    {
      "type": "photo",
      "file": "media/unitree-g1/unitree-g1-uav-expo.jpg",
      "caption": "Unitree G1 humanoid robot photographed at UAV Expo 2024.",
      "source": {
        "url": "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Unitree_G1.jpg",
        "accessed": "2026-09-21"
      },
      "license": {
        "name": "other",
        "terms_url": "https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/",
        "note": "CC0 (public domain dedication) by photographer Sayanesy, uploaded 2024-11-18, via Wikimedia Commons; not one of the fixed manufacturer/patent license names, recorded as \"other\" with the CC0 deed linked."
      },
      "credit": "Photo: Sayanesy, CC0"
    }
  ],
  "promises": [
    {
      "id": "unitree-g1-shipments-2026",
      "claim": "Unitree company-wide humanoid robot shipments",
      "target": "2026",
      "made_on": "2026-02-19",
      "quote": "global humanoid robot shipments could reach 'tens of thousands' this year, with his company accounting for around 10,000 to 20,000 units",
      "source_url": "https://www.eweek.com/news/unitree-20000-humanoid-robots-2026-china/",
      "source_name": "eWeek (citing Unitree CEO Wang Xingxing via 36Kr)",
      "accessed": "2026-09-27",
      "status": "open"
    }
  ],
  "notes": [
    "Height/weight conflict: Unitree's current product page (accessed 2026-09-20) states \"1320x450x200mm\" and \"About 35kg\", while The Robot Report's May 2024 launch coverage stated 127 cm and 47 kg for the same base G1. Both are shown here as the current manufacturer figure; the discrepancy is not resolved.",
    "G1 is listed for direct purchase on Unitree's own storefront (checkout, no waitlist), which is strong claimed-level evidence of availability.",
    "Shipped bar: Fraunhofer IPA states it received a Unitree G1 EDU-4 in May 2025 and separately reports campus unboxing. Durham University reports receipt of its G1 Edu “Alan” by 1 April 2026. Both are named external recipients; neither source supports an exact day of first customer delivery. The previous Durham URL was inaccessible; the dur.ac.uk address is accessible.",
    "The 100m obstacle race result is attributed to G1 per Unitree's own social post naming the G1 for this event; the Shanghai Gaoyi Technology government press release (source above) confirms the time and team but does not itself name the robot model, since it covers both the G1 obstacle result and the H1 400m result from the same subsidiary team in one paragraph.",
    "locomotion left out (2026-09-21): searched the manufacturer's own product/press page and its main launch coverage (The Robot Report / IEEE Spectrum / named outlet where applicable) for a literal quote naming the propulsion (\"bipedal\", \"legs\", \"walks\", \"wheeled base\", etc.); none of the pages fetched in this pass contained a checkable sentence naming it specifically for G1 -- most pages describe height/DOF/speed without ever stating the locomotion type in words. Left out rather than inferred from photos or category. Revisit with a source that states it directly."
  ],
  "updated": "2026-09-27",
  "results": [
    {
      "event": "world-humanoid-robot-games-2025",
      "discipline": "100 m obstacle race",
      "result": "33.71",
      "rank": 1,
      "team": "Shanghai Gaoyi Technology (Unitree)",
      "unit": "time",
      "autonomy": "teleoperated",
      "source": {
        "url": "https://www.shbsq.gov.cn/shbs/en/newscenter/20250826/416201.html",
        "quote": "The company clinched first place in the 400-meter final with a time of 1 minute 28.03 seconds and the 100-meter obstacle race in 33.71 seconds.",
        "accessed": "2026-09-21"
      }
    }
  ],
  "simulation": {
    "review": {
      "status": "found",
      "checked": "2026-09-27",
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        "https://github.com/unitreerobotics/unitree_mujoco/blob/1eb6642e3f3fdfb7fb13a9794fd6a2dd93ea0e7d/unitree_robots/g1/g1_23dof.xml",
        "https://github.com/unitreerobotics/unitree_mujoco/blob/1eb6642e3f3fdfb7fb13a9794fd6a2dd93ea0e7d/unitree_robots/g1/g1_29dof.xml"
      ],
      "reason": "Official repository paths and MJCF format markers were checked for two G1 artifacts; the models were not executed."
    },
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      {
        "id": "g1-23dof-mjcf",
        "format": "mjcf",
        "variant": "G1 23 DoF",
        "provenance": "official",
        "url": "https://github.com/unitreerobotics/unitree_mujoco/blob/1eb6642e3f3fdfb7fb13a9794fd6a2dd93ea0e7d/unitree_robots/g1/g1_23dof.xml",
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          "media_type": "repository",
          "publisher_type": "official",
          "variant": "G1 23 DoF",
          "review": {
            "status": "supported",
            "method": "text",
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        },
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      },
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  },
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      "status": "not_confirmed",
      "checked": "2026-09-27",
      "urls": [
        "https://github.com/unitreerobotics/unitree_mujoco/blob/main/readme.md"
      ],
      "reason": "Targeted actuator searches did not confirm an exact-variant architecture claim for this record; this does not mean none exists."
    },
    "groups": []
  },
  "url": "https://humanoidrecord.com/robots/unitree-g1/",
  "license": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/",
  "attribution": "humanoidrecord.com",
  "generated_at": "2026-11-03T10:59:20.283Z"
}