Unitree G1 price, units and specs: what the 'best-selling' humanoid robot costs and can do

Update, October 23, 2026: Agility Robotics said on October 22, 2026 that Nvidia IGX Thor will be the only onboard computer in shipping Digit 5 units. See Agility Digit 5 on IGX Thor.

The Unitree G1 price starts at US$13.5K, excluding tax and shipping, on Unitree's official site, and Unitree calls the child-sized humanoid the world's best-selling one. On October 22, 2026, founder Wang Xingxing told Unitree's partner conference that about 10,000 to 20,000 G1s have rolled off the production line since the robot's May 2024 launch, calling it "the world's best-selling humanoid robot," according to Chinese financial outlets. That's a production count, not a sales or shipment figure, and outside data disagrees about who leads. Unitree's robots also carry a documented security history that buyers should know about.

This explainer is based on Unitree's G1 product page, Unitree's IPO prospectus figures as reported by Xinhua and Global Times, Chinese outlets' reports of Wang's October 22 remarks, Omdia's 2025 market data and IEEE Spectrum's reporting, checked October 22, 2026; the price, specs and the reports of Wang's remarks were re-checked October 23, 2026. For the American side of the humanoid race, see what OpenAI has said about its humanoid robot.

The short version

• Price: from $13.5K for the base G1 (tax and shipping extra). The G1 EDU, the version researchers can program, is "Contact sales." Unitree introduced the G1 at $16,000 in May 2024.
• Units: "about 10,000 to 20,000" produced since May 2024, per Wang on October 22, 2026. Unitree hasn't published how many were sold or delivered.
• "Best-seller": Unitree's claim. Omdia's 2025 estimates put AgiBot ahead.
• What it is: a 1.32-meter, roughly 35 kg robot with 23 to 43 joints, about 2 hours of battery and an arm load of about 2 to 3 kg. It's a research and development platform, not a household helper.
• Watch out for: a 2025 Bluetooth exploit that affected the G1 and a researcher's finding of telemetry sent to servers in China.

How much does the Unitree G1 cost?

Unitree's G1 page lists the base model at "US $13.5K," with "Tax and Shipping cost excluded." The G1 EDU, which adds programming access, more joints and optional hands, has no listed price; buyers are directed to sales. Resellers' prices vary by configuration and region and aren't covered here.

When Unitree unveiled the G1 at the ICRA robotics conference in May 2024, The Robot Report put the base list price at $16,000, against $90,000 for Unitree's full-size H1. No Unitree announcement of the move to $13.5K was found.

What are the Unitree G1's specs?

Last verified: October 23, 2026

Unitree notes that "the maximum load of the arm varies greatly under different arm extension postures," and that parameters "may vary in different scenarios and configurations."

How many Unitree G1s have been sold?

Unitree hasn't said. The number in the headlines is production. Jiemian, citing Yicai, and The Paper, citing STAR Market Daily, both report Wang's words as "累计生产下线约1-2万台": a cumulative 10,000 to 20,000 units "produced and rolled off the production line" since the May 2024 release. Aggregators that turned this into "shipped" went beyond what Wang is reported to have said. The range is wide: the top figure is double the bottom one.

Unitree's own company-wide numbers come from its IPO filings. Before its Shanghai STAR Market listing on August 19, 2026, its prospectus said humanoid shipments "surpassed 5,500 units in 2025," Xinhua reported, covering all Unitree humanoid models, not just the G1. Global Times, citing Unitree, reported 2025 revenue of 1.699 billion yuan, of which humanoids made up 51.78%, up from 1.88% in 2023. Unitree's quadruped robots passed 33,000 cumulative shipments, per Xinhua. For context on Chinese AI companies tapping the same market, see DeepSeek's reported STAR Market plans.

Is the G1 really the world's best-selling humanoid?

That's Unitree's claim, and the available third-party data doesn't settle it. Omdia, a market research firm, estimated about 13,000 humanoid robots shipped worldwide in 2025.

Humanoid robot shipments in 2025, Omdia estimates

Units shipped in 2025 (Omdia estimate, all models per company)

AgiBot5168

Unitree4200

UBTech1000

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Company	Units
AgiBot	5168
Unitree	4200
UBTech	1000

TechNode reported Omdia's figures as 5,168 units for AgiBot (39% of the market), 4,200 for Unitree and 1,000 for UBTech. AgiBot's own press release of January 8, 2026 also cites Omdia ranking it first. Unitree's prospectus figure of more than 5,500 for 2025 conflicts with Omdia's 4,200 for Unitree, and Global Times reported Unitree's claim of "ranking No.1 globally." Neither the AgiBot release citing Omdia nor the reports of Unitree's prospectus define "shipment," so the gap may come from counting methods.

Wang's claim is about one model, while Omdia's figures are company totals. No source gives model-level counts, so the G1 claim can't be checked either way. No comparable, sourced figures were found for Tesla's Optimus, Figure or Agility Robotics.

What can the Unitree G1 actually do?

Unitree markets the G1 as "Imitation & reinforcement learning driven," running its UnifoLM robot model with over-the-air software updates. Its product page stresses an "extra large joint movement angle space." The base G1 doesn't list hands at all, and its arms lift about 2 kg.

Unitree's own fine print is cautious: "Some sample functions on this page are still being developed and tested, and will be opened to users in the future." It also warns that "the global humanoid robot industry is in the early stages of exploration" and asks buyers to "thoroughly understand the limitations of humanoid robots before making a purchase." It tells users to keep "a sufficient safe distance."

Only the EDU version allows secondary development, meaning custom software, and the battery lasts about 2 hours per charge. That makes the base G1 a capable demonstrator rather than a robot that does chores.

Is the Unitree G1 secure?

It has had serious problems. In September 2025, security researchers Andreas Makris and Kevin Finisterre disclosed "UniPwn," an exploit in the Bluetooth setup interface of Unitree's G1 and H1 humanoids and Go2 and B2 quadrupeds, IEEE Spectrum reported on September 25, 2025. The encryption keys were hardcoded, and attackers could inject commands that ran with root access. The researchers said it was wormable: "an infected robot can simply scan for other Unitree robots in BLE range and automatically compromise them." They said Unitree stopped responding to them in July 2025.

Unitree said on LinkedIn on September 29, 2025 that it had "completed the majority of the fixes." Separately, researcher Víctor Mayoral-Vilches reported "undisclosed streaming of telemetry data to servers in China," per IEEE Spectrum. Connected machines with outdated firmware have been abused before, as in the French supermarket refrigeration attack. Anyone deploying a G1 should check firmware status and network isolation with Unitree and their own security team.

What's confirmed, reported and uncertain

• Confirmed (Unitree): the $13.5K base price, EDU quote-only pricing and the specs in the table.
• Reported: Wang's 10,000 to 20,000 production figure (Jiemian, The Paper, October 22, 2026); more than 5,500 humanoid shipments in 2025 (prospectus via Xinhua); Omdia's 2025 estimates (TechNode); the UniPwn exploit and telemetry finding (IEEE Spectrum).
• Uncertain: how many G1s were sold or delivered; when the price changed; whether the UniPwn fixes are complete; how Omdia and Unitree count shipments.