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Unitree H1

Open humanoid: 23 DoF, 3.3 m/s walking record, swappable 864 Wh pack, optional Jetson Orin NX. Commercial — sub-$90k list.

Chinese open-platform humanoid from Unitree Robotics. Launched in 2023, the H1 set a verified bipedal walking-speed record at 3.3 m/s. Ships with swappable lithium pack, 3D LIDAR perception, and an optional NVIDIA Jetson Orin NX upgrade path for ML workloads.

Specs

height
180 cm
weight
47 kg
dof
23
speed
3.3 m/s
battery
864 Wh
runtime
1.5 to 2 hours
compute
Intel Core i5 / i7 standard; NVIDIA Jetson Orin NX optional
perception
3D LIDAR + depth camera
payload
not published (see body)
deployment
commercial — sub-$90k list, contact sales

Unitree's first full-size humanoid. The H1 has been on the Unitree product page since 2023 and is one of the few humanoids you can actually order on a commercial timeline — the Unitree store listing carries an MSRP with the standard "contact sales for real pricing" qualifier, which puts the H1 in a different bucket from Atlas, Figure 02, or Optimus (all pilot-only as of this writing).

What makes the H1 distinct for an AI-hardware reader: the onboard compute is configurable. Standard configuration ships Intel Core i5 + i7 CPUs (platform functions plus a separate user-development surface), with an optional upgrade to NVIDIA Jetson Orin NX — the same Jetson family that powers a meaningful slice of edge robotics work. The 3D LIDAR + depth camera stack gives the H1 360-degree depth perception out of the box, which makes it a popular research platform for SLAM and locomotion work. Joint torques and the world-record walking speed are documented directly on Unitree's product page.

Payload capacity is not published by Unitree. Runtime is not on the product page either; the consensus across Unitree's store and trade press lands at roughly 1.5 to 2 hours per swappable pack depending on duty cycle. The H1-2 variant (heavier, more arm DoF, slower top speed) is positioned upmarket from the original H1.