$5,900 — Unitree just put its next humanoid into global sale🤖
After G1 quietly became one of the most in-demand humanoid platforms, Unitree is now pushing R1 overseas via AliExpress, targeting North America, Europe, Japan, and Singapore.
Same company, different playbook: lower price, faster scale.
R1 comes in at $5,900, with a lighter AIR version at $4,900 — a sharp drop from G1’s 99,000 RMB (~$16K ) entry point.
It’s a 123 cm humanoid, weighing about 29 kg, with up to 26 DOF across legs and arms.
The lighter R1 AIR drops to 27 kg with 20 DOF, built for more agile, lightweight deployment.
This isn’t a concept rollout.
Unitree already went through the demand phase last year.
Globally, G1 has already secured strong demand across research, education, and commercial applications, with supply struggling to keep up at one point.
Now they’re catching up.
Unitree says its humanoid shipments crossed 5,500 units in 2025, with total production above 6,500 units. Orders were higher than deliveries — meaning backlog, not lack of interest.
That context changes how R1 lands.
This isn’t about “another robot launch.”
It’s the next unit in a pipeline that’s already selling, scaling, and shipping.
G1 proved people want humanoids.
R1 is what happens when you try to meet that demand — cheaper, broader, global.