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Unitree Robotics (China) · 2020

Was about $10,000Unitree promised a price under $10,000 at the 2020 launch, and press reported it at about $10,000. Discontinued around 2022.
Discontinued · used/leftover onlyRL research stapleFoot sensorsDiscontinued
Weeks+Shipping: Used only. Discontinued. Used units appear on eBay and lab surplus sales, often needing new batteries.

Overview

The robot that made dynamic quadrupeds affordable for university labs, launched in 2020 at a fraction of Spot's price. Its low-level SDK and foot force sensors made it a staple of 2020–2022 reinforcement-learning locomotion papers. Replaced by Go1 and then Go2 EDU. Used units still circulate among labs.

Specifications

CategoryQuadrupeds · Developer-grade
Released2020
AvailabilityDiscontinued · used/leftover only
ProgrammabilityFull SDK
Best forProfessionals & labs
Vision sensorsDepth camera, Camera
ActuatorsBrushless / direct-drive motors
AudioUnknown
Compute typeProprietary / undisclosed, NVIDIA Jetson
ComputeDual controllers (motion + perception), upgradable to Jetson TX2
Weight~12 kg
Speed3.3 m/s (Unitree)
DOF12
SensorsIntel RealSense depth camera, IMU, foot force sensors
SDKUnitree legged SDK (C++, low- and high-level), ROS

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