
China's Unitree prices new humanoid robot at deep discount to 2024 model
R1, weighing about 25 kilograms, uses a multimodal large language model integrating speech and image modalities, according to a post on its RedNote account.
The new model costs a fraction of G1, a popular bipedal that Unitree launched in 2024 at a starting price of 99,000 yuan. The latest R1 model is also lighter than the 35-kg G1.
($1 = 7.1681 Chinese yuan renminbi)

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