H1

After a year of distancing itself from third-party performance at the Beijing Humanoid Robot Marathon, Unitree officially enters the race with a fine-tuned H1 aiming for a sub-60-minute half-marathon.

Unitree Robotics has demonstrated its H1 model hitting a peak speed of 10 meters per second, matching the world record and moving closer to CEO Wang Xingxing’s prediction of outrunning elite human athletes by mid-2026.

Two new leagues, REK (Robot Embodied Kombat) and UFB (Ultimate Fighting Bots), have announced competing humanoid robot fighting events in the US, partnering with Unitree. The move signals a new commercial push for ''Real Steel''-style, VR-piloted combat, but technical and safety challenges remain.

Following its public debut, official specifications and expert analysis confirm the Unitree H2 features 31 degrees of freedom, including a 3-DOF serial-stack waist, a remotely actuated 'quasi-serial' ankle design, and a 2-DOF neck—a significant re-architecture from the H1.

Unitree has revealed its new flagship humanoid robot, the H2. Standing 1.8 meters tall, the H2 arrives as the larger, more advanced counterpart to the company's affordable R1, fulfilling earlier promises of a two-pronged market strategy.