Overview

• The R1 is now on sale for US$5,900, making it the cheapest advanced humanoid robot available.
• Automaker Geely has initiated trials of the R1 on its assembly lines to test its production-assist capabilities.
• Unitree is preparing for a public listing on China’s stock exchange.
• The 4-foot, 55-pound R1 uses 26 joints to perform acrobatics and integrates binocular vision, LLM-based voice and image recognition, Wi-Fi 6 and Bluetooth 5.2 connectivity.
• Its roughly one-hour battery life, absence of dexterous hands and embedded safety warnings underscore challenges for mainstream consumer and service use.