Unitree R1 Basic
$8,990 · verified Sep 7, 2026
24 DOF, ~1hr battery. Entry R1 tier — no SDK.
Order at our partner dealer →Request a Quote24 DOF, ~1hr battery. Entry R1 tier — no SDK.
Order at our partner dealer →Request a QuoteThe Unitree R1 Basic is the entry configuration of the 121–123 cm R1 bipedal humanoid, and the most affordable humanoid robot listed at a US checkout we track.
The R1 Basic is the cheapest humanoid we can verify at a live US checkout, at $8,990 verified September 7, 2026. It arrives as a finished demonstration machine — 24 DOF, binocular cameras, factory motion routines — with no SDK and no secondary development path. Buy it to demonstrate, not to program: the cheapest programmable R1 is the EDU Standard. Runtime is roughly an hour on a hot-swappable battery.
