
Head-to-head · Industrial vs Research
HMND 01 vs Unitree H1
HMND 01 has the stronger public evidence base, with an Arena rating 209 points above Unitree H1. HMND 01 is 40 cm taller.
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| HMND 01 | Unitree H1 | |
|---|---|---|
| Company | Humanoid | Unitree Robotics |
| Country | United Kingdom | China |
| Status | Pilot | Purchasable |
| Price | No public price | No public price |
| How to get one | Contact sales | Contact sales |
| Arena rating | ||
| Evidence | B- | B- |
| Height | 220 cm (7 ft 3 in) | 180 cm (5 ft 11 in) |
| Weight | 300 kg (661 lb) | 47 kg (104 lb) |
| Payload | 15 kg (33 lb) | 30 kg (66 lb) |
| Runtime | 4 h | 1 h |
| Degrees of freedom | 29 DoF | 18 DoF |
| Hand DoF | 12 DoF | n/a |
| Top speed | 2 m/s (7.2 km/h) | 3.3 m/s (11.9 km/h) |
| Hands | Modular end-effectors: 12-DoF five-finger hand or 1-DoF parallel gripper. | The H1 ships without hands: launch images showed only a cushioned nub at the end of each 4-DoF arm, and Unitree lists a dexterous hand as 'Optional'. The H1-2 supports optional Dex5-1 or other ambidextrous hands. Research users added wrists, hands and head cameras themselves. |
| Announced | 2025-09-18 | 2023-08-15 |
Capability evidence, side by side
score per dimension, 0-100Manipulation
Autonomy
Mobility
Perception
Human interaction
Reliability
Human-environment fit
HMND 01
Unitree H1
Arena matchup result
overall human like capabilityResult
HMND 01
Low
HMND 01 wins
100%
of validated votes
Unitree H1 wins
0%
of validated votes
Insufficient
0%
tracked separately
Current evidence comparison for HMND 01 and Unitree H1.
HMND 01
Humanoid
HMND 01 Alpha Wheeled is Humanoid's tall 220 cm, 300 kg wheeled humanoid with 29 active DoF, 15 kg bimanual payload, 4 h average runtime and 2 m/s wheeled speed. It uses a 12-DoF hand or 1-DoF gripper and 360-degree RGB plus depth sensors. Evidence includes a Ford POC with company-reported 97% autonomous pick-and-place reliability and 83 picks/hour, a Schaeffler CES bin picking demo described as fully autonomous, and early access partnerships with Schaeffler, Siemens and SAP/Martur Fompak. Bosch is the contract manufacturing partner. No public price exists, and most deployments are POCs or early access rather than full commercial operations
Unitree H1
Unitree Robotics
The Unitree H1 is a full-size bipedal humanoid (about 180 cm, about 47 kg, 18 DoF by Unitree's per-limb counts, 864 Wh swappable battery) sold mainly to research labs through quote-based sales: Unitree's store shows a $90,000 'contact us' anchor and a European distributor lists it from EUR 93,496 excluding VAT. Its strongest public evidence is locomotion and spectacle, including a company-claimed 3.3 m/s record, 1500 m and 400 m golds at the 2025 World Humanoid Robot Games (6:34.40 and 1:28.03) and a second source crediting four track golds, a choreographed 16-robot national broadcast performance, and a company-claimed 10.1 m/s peak from a modified ~62 kg unit. Manipulation is weak: the stock robot ships without hands and with 4-DoF arms, and the manipulation literature (Stanford HumanPlus, CMU H2O) used heavily modified units. Unitree publishes no payload, runtime, failure-rate or deployment metrics; autonomy is asserted for walking and running only; third-party runtime figures conflict (1 h versus 2 h) and no independent benchmark or safety certification exists
HMND 01 vs Unitree H1 FAQ
answers from sourced dataWhich is better, HMND 01 or Unitree H1?
On public evidence, HMND 01 currently rates higher (1,299 vs 1,090). The better choice still depends on the job: compare availability, price and the capability rows above.
Which is taller, HMND 01 or Unitree H1?
HMND 01 is 220 cm (7 ft 3 in); Unitree H1 is 180 cm (5 ft 11 in).
Can you buy the HMND 01 or the Unitree H1?
HMND 01: contact sales. Unitree H1: contact sales.