We recently reported the last four-year-old robot of Unitree – B2. Now the Chinese company has announced its first humanoid bipedal robot, unitree h1.
With an estimated value of less than 90,000 US dollars, H1 is designed to compete with other humanoid robots, such as those produced by Tesla, Figure, and Agility Robotics. H1 stands at a height of 1805 mm, weighs approximately 47 kg, and has a maximum carrying capacity of 30 kg.
Each leg of the robot is equipped with joints in the thigh, knee, and ankles, providing a total of five degrees of freedom. The shoulders and elbows of each hand also have joints, giving a total of four degrees of freedom. The M107 engines from Unitree deliver a torque of 360 nm on each joint, and the development of flexible fingers has also been reported.
H1 is capable of “seeing” its environment from 360 degrees, thanks to the integration of the Intel Realsense D435i head chamber and the Lidar Livox Mid360 module. Real-time analysis of information from these devices is made possible by the double Intel Core i7-1265U processors, allowing the robot to navigate uneven terrain at a speed of over 1.5 meters per second. Unitree estimates the maximum speed of H1 to be 5 meters per second, equivalent to 4.5 km/h.
The robot is equipped with a removable 15 Ah (864 W·h) lithium battery. There is no information available yet regarding its autonomous working time.
The prototype of Unitree H1 can be witnessed in action in this video, where it demonstrates its movement capabilities and resilience against multiple impacts. The company states that the robot may become available for sale within the next three to twenty years.