The race to put a humanoid robot in each home is accelerating, and the R1 R1 robot of $ 5,900 could simply run in front of the pack.
Unitree announced the “powerful” Android of the size of a pint on Friday with a new YouTube video and then continued with more details on an official product page on its website.
In the video, the intelligent partner Unitree R1 shows his remarkable movement skills, which include somersaults, hands stops, boxing, kickboxing movements and even running downhill.
The robot is equipped with binocular vision backed by the LLM image and voice identification capabilities. However, none of that was exhibited in the video, which focused on movement. In fact, there is a brief message at the end of the clip that says: “First movement, also tasks (a diversity of movement is the basis for completing tasks)”.
Unitree is known for producing versatile humanoid bots. I have seen some in person, including the little but agile G1 and the highest and most scary H1. G1 lists for $ 16,000, and the H1 lists for $ 90,000. The price of less than $ 6,000 is unprecedented for the offers of Unitree and Humanoid in general. Figure 02 of Figure AI, for example, will probably list for more than $ 30,000.
As for what $ 5,900 could obtain it, the R1 measures approximately four feet and weighs approximately 55 pounds, so it is the size of a child. It has the aforementioned binocular chamber, a matrix of 4 microphones, speakers, an 8 -core and GPU CPU (nothing is known, but Unitree has been associated with Nvidia), 26 joints and hands that seem to be permanently fixed on the fists. There is a removable battery that promises an hour of activity.
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However, there are some significant warnings to consider. Unitree warns that the final robot can be different from what is currently on display. In the lower part of the product page there are some more terrible warnings (already often confusing), which include:
“Currently, the world humanoid robot industry is found in the early stages of exploration. Individual users who thoroughly comprise the limitations of humanoid robots before making a purchase are strongly recommended.”
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“The humanoid robot has a complex structure and an extremely powerful power. Users are asked to maintain a sufficient safe distance between the humanoid robot and the humanoid robot. Please use caution.”
So, while Unitree R1 could be released as a robot to help home, it is barely ready to be in anyone’s house.
The level of intelligence and autonomy of R1, despite the incorporated AI, remains a mystery. Most Unitree robots that I have witnessed in CES have been remotely controlled or executed through a set of movements previously with scripts. To be useful in any home, they must marry all the sensors with conscience and sufficient intelligence to help and not harm their human owners.
Even so, less than $ 6,000 for a robot with these announced skills is something like an advance of humanoid robotics. I wonder if we can take one to the laboratories.
