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Overview
The Unitree G1 EDU-U6 is a highly advanced humanoid robot designed for educational and research purposes. It features 41 degrees of freedom, including 6 DOF per leg and 7 DOF per arm, with tactile sensors on its 5-finger dexterous hands. Powered by an NVIDIA Jetson Orin 16G (100 TOPS) and 8-core CPU, it supports AI-driven advancements and adaptive learning. The robot is capable of precise object manipulation with force-position hybrid control, simulating human hand movements. It is marketed with a 12-month warranty and includes options for various configurations and accessories.
Flagship features
- Optional force control three-fingered hand (Dex3-1) with tactile sensor arrays
- Industrial grade crossed roller bearings for high precision and load capacity
- Low inertia high-speed internal rotor PMSM for better response and heat dissipation
- Secondary development supported for EDU version
- Continuous OTA software upgrades
- Warranty period varies: 8 months for standard, 18 months for EDU version
Buyer decision signals
Viability
YY Group announced deployment of Unitree G1 Edu Ultimate B-U4 robots
Specifications
Category: Humanoid- Form factor
- full bipedal
- Height
- 132 cm
- Weight
- ~35 kg
- Mobility
- bipedal
- Walking speed
- ≤ 2 m/s
- Total DOF
- 41
- DOF / arm
- 7
- DOF / hand
- 7
- Payload
- 2 kg
- Lifting capacity
- ~3 kg
- Battery
- ~2 h
- Hot-swap battery
- Yes
- Onboard compute
- NVIDIA Jetson Orin 16G
- Sensors
- Depth Camera, 3D LiDAR
- LiDAR
- Yes
- F/T sensors
- Yes
- AI policy
- VLA
- VLA models
- UnifoLM
- VLM on-board
- No
- Imitation learning
- Yes
- Bimanual
- Yes
- Stair climbing
- No
- Terrain
- flat_indoor
- Programming
- imitation & reinforcement learning
- ROS 1
- Yes
- ROS 2
- Yes
- API / SDK
- Yes
- SDK languages
- Python, C++, ROS2
- Maturity
- commercial
- Environments
- indoor
- Industries
- research_academic
- Price tier
- 80-150K
- Pricing model
- purchase
- Warranty
- 1 yr
Company profile
- Funding raised
- $97.4M
- Founded
- 2016
Detailed specifications
Motion & kinematics1
- Max Knee Torque
- 120 N.m
Other7
- Height Mm
- 1320
- Hand Types
- Inspire 5-finger hands with tactile sensors
- Applications
- education,research,development,manipulation
- Max Arm Load
- 3 kg
- Sub Category
- full_bipedal
- Company Country
- CN
- Additional Information
- - Optional force control three-fingered hand (Dex3-1) with tactile sensor arrays - Industrial grade crossed roller bearings for high precision and load capacity - Low inertia high-speed internal rotor PMSM for better response and heat dissipation - Secondary development supported for EDU version - Continuous OTA software upgrades - Warranty period varies: 8 months for standard, 18 months for EDU version
Company milestones
- Jun 2026DeploymentYY Group announced deployment of Unitree G1 Edu Ultimate B-U4 robots
- Jun 2026DeploymentYY Group announced deployment of Unitree G1 Edu Ultimate humanoid robots
- Jun 2026DeploymentYY Group announces deployment of Unitree G1 Edu Ultimate B-U4
- Mar 2026DeploymentG1 seen in Brooklyn Bridge Park, NYC
- Mar 2026DeploymentG1-Comp deployed in public park demonstration in NYC
- Jan 2026MilestoneH2 training footage released
- Apr 2025MilestoneUnitree G1 demoed at Robotics Summit & Expo
- Apr 2025MilestoneG1 demo at Robotics Summit & Expo
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