Unitree unveils the H2, a 182 cm humanoid with 31 joints and a bionic face, now listed at US$29,900

Unitree Robotics unveiled the H2 humanoid on 20 October 2025, its second full-size model after the H1 of August 2023, according to the Hangzhou company's official timeline. The entry describes a robot about 180 cm tall and 70 kg, fitted with bionic dual-eye cameras and a bionic face. The specification sheet Unitree published on its product page puts standing height at 1,820 mm, weight at about 70 kg including the battery and the joint count at 31.

Unitree's English product page now lists the base H2 at US$29,900 before tax and shipping, while its Chinese page lists RMB 199,000 with tax included. An education version, the H2 EDU, adds dexterous hands in several model options, a second onboard computer and access for secondary development, and is sold only through sales enquiries. Warranty runs 8 months on the base model and 12 months on the EDU. The timeline entry for the launch gives no price, so these are current list prices and not confirmed launch-day prices.

What is inside the H2

The 31 joints break down into six in each leg, seven in each arm, three in the waist and two in the head. Unitree rates the leg joints at up to 360 Nm of torque and the arm joints at up to 120 Nm, and gives each arm a rated payload of about 7 kg with a peak of about 15 kg. Thigh and calf together measure 1,045 mm and upper arm and forearm 690 mm. The structure combines aircraft-grade aluminium, titanium alloy and high-strength engineering plastics.

A 15 Ah lithium pack rated at 0.972 kWh and a maximum of 75.6 V supplies about three hours of operation, the company says. The base model computes on an Intel Core i5 and the EDU adds an Intel Core i7. The H2 page also cites a chip of up to 2,070 TOPS without naming it, and the H2 Plus page Unitree published in June 2026 identifies its module as NVIDIA's Jetson T5000, rated at 2,070 FP4 TFLOPS. Sensing relies on a wide-angle binocular camera, a microphone array and a speaker, with Wi-Fi 6, Bluetooth 5.2 and local air cooling.

From H1 to H2

Compared with the H1, the H2 is heavier and far more articulated. Unitree's H1 page lists the older robot at about 180 cm and 47 kg, with five joints per leg, four per arm and a 0.864 kWh battery. The H2 therefore adds one joint per leg, three per arm, about 23 kg of mass and 12.5% more battery energy. The H1's knee torque of about 360 Nm is matched by the H2's leg rating rather than exceeded. Unitree still advertises the H1's 3.3 m/s running speed, while the H2 page gives no speed at all.

Wang Xingxing founded Unitree in 2016, and the company says it holds more than 180 granted patents. It built its business on quadrupeds before adding humanoids, the G1 in May 2024 and the R1 in July 2025, and it listed on Shanghai's STAR Market in August 2026 under code 688836. The H2 returned to public view on 16 February 2026, when one H2 and 24 G1 robots performed on China Central Television's Spring Festival Gala. On 1 June 2026 Unitree introduced the H2 Plus, a research variant positioned as a reference humanoid for NVIDIA's Isaac GR00T tools, with Jetson Thor compute and two 22-joint SharpaWave hands from Sharpa.

A published price ladder

With the H2, Unitree now publishes a price for every size of humanoid it sells. At current US list prices before tax and shipping, the R1 costs US$5,900, the G1 US$13,500 and the H2 US$29,900. The H2 costs 2.2 times the G1 and 5.1 times the R1, or about US$427 per kilogram of robot against about US$386 for the G1 and US$203 for the R1.

Against full-size rivals

Rivals publish specifications but not prices. Boston Dynamics lists the product version of Atlas at 1.9 m and 90 kg with 56 degrees of freedom, a 50 kg instant lift, 30 kg sustained and four hours of battery life. Figure AI gives Figure 03 a height of 5 ft 8 in, a weight of 61 kg, a 20 kg payload, five hours of runtime and a speed of 1.2 m/s. AgiBot's A2 service humanoid stands 169 cm, weighs 69 kg and has more than 40 active joints with a 700 Wh battery rated for two hours. UBTech says its Walker S2 lifts 15 kg and swaps its own battery within three minutes, but its product page does not give height, weight or joint count in text. Tesla's AI page describes Optimus as a general-purpose bipedal humanoid and publishes no specifications or price.

On those published figures the H2 is lighter and less articulated than Atlas, and its 15 kg peak per arm sits below Atlas's 50 kg lift and Figure 03's 20 kg payload. Its three-hour runtime trails Atlas and Figure 03 but beats the A2. What none of the rivals offers is a price a laboratory or integrator can see before calling sales. For research groups already working on the H1 or the G1, the H2 provides a full-size body with seven-joint arms at a known cost.

Risks and open questions

Unitree has not disclosed H2 shipment volumes, the price of the EDU version or the price of the H2 Plus. The base model ships without hands or secondary development access, so buyers who want to train manipulation policies must move to an EDU whose price is not public. Payload comparisons are also loose. Unitree rates each arm, Boston Dynamics and Figure quote whole-robot figures, and none of the makers publishes test conditions.

What to watch

Under STAR Market rules Unitree must publish its third-quarter report by 31 October 2026. Any split of humanoid revenue by model would show whether the H2 sells beyond showcases and laboratories. Unitree's first annual report as a listed company, due by 30 April 2027, is the next chance for unit numbers.