Unitree R1
Unitree's lightweight 1.2 metre humanoid, about 25 kilograms, the cheapest humanoid a UAE dealer stocks today.
- Price in the UAE
- AED 34,999about $9,500
- In the UAE
- Sold in the UAE
Stocked by a UAE retailer, delivered locally.
Where we found it
- Height
- 1.23 m
- Weight
- 29 kg
- Degrees of freedom
- 26
- Runtime
- 1 h
The maker's own figures from the maker's page, checked 25 September 2026.
What it does
- Lightweight bipedal humanoid around 25 kg designed for research and education
- Walks, balances and performs pre-programmed motions; SDK access in EDU trim
- Onboard cameras and compute for developer projects
Reality check
E-CITY sells the base R1 at AED 34,999 from UAE stock; the EDU trims at Ednex (AED 58,751 and AED 68,804) add the developer kit. The base unit has no software development kit, no LiDAR and about an hour of runtime, so it is an event and content robot, not a research platform.
Availability and price checked 26 September 2026. Retailers change stock without telling anyone; the links above open the page we saw.
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