Unitree Unveils $4,290 Humanoid Robot with Upper-Body-only Design

Unitree unveils $4,290 humanoid robot with upper-body-only design

Chinese robotics firm Unitree has introduced a low-cost bipedal humanoid robot with an upper-body-only design. According to the Hangzhou-based firm, with prices starting at 26,900 yuan ($ 4290), it significantly lowers entry barriers in the sector. The robot replaces the traditional full-body structure with modular deployment options, including a fixed base or mobile chassis. It offers flexible configurations with 5 or 7 degrees of freedom per a…

$4,290+ Unitree R1-A5 and R2-A7 humanoid robots features grippers or dexterous hands, fixed or wheeled base - CNX Software

Unitree has extended its R1 dual‑arm humanoid robot family with new R1-A5 and R1-A7 models, which can be fitted with 2-finger grippers or 3 or 5-finger dexterous hands, and attached to a fixed base or a wheeled base for indoor mobility. The new robots appear based on the low-cost Unitree R1 platform launched last year, which can dance, walk, run, perform kung-fu moves, and chat with users, but is otherwise not overly useful since it lacks dexter…