NEO vs G1
One has a purchase path today, the other does not
1X NEO
Preorder$20,000
US$20,000 to own with a three-year warranty, or US$499 per month on subscription. A refundable US$200 deposit is due at order; 1X states US deliveries start in 2026.
Preorder · Preorder deposits only. 1X states NEO works autonomously by default, and that for a chore it does not know you can schedule a 1X Expert to guide it remotely.
Unitree G1
Buy now$13,500
US$13,500 excluding tax and shipping. The G1 EDU development variant is listed as contact sales.
Buy now · Sold directly by Unitree, including to individual buyers in the US.
Where the published data differs
Every line below is computed from the two manufacturers’ own figures. Attributes neither brand publishes are omitted.
- G1 lists at $13,500, $6,500 below NEO at $20,000.
- Payload: NEO 25 kg versus G1 2 kg (1150% more). Published data favours NEO.
- Degrees of freedom: NEO 75 versus G1 23 (226% more). Published data favours NEO.
- Runtime: NEO 240 min versus G1 120 min (100% more). Published data favours NEO.
- Height: NEO 168 cm versus G1 132 cm (27% more).
- Weight: G1 35 kg versus NEO 30 kg (17% more).
- Warranty: NEO 36 months versus G1 8 months (350% more). Published data favours NEO.
- Actuator type: NEO — Low-inertia tendon drives; G1 — Low-inertia internal-rotor PMSM.
Full specification comparison
| Attribute | NEO | G1 |
|---|---|---|
| Height | 168 cm | 132 cm |
| Weight | 30 kg | 35 kg |
| Degrees of freedom | 75 | 23 |
| Payload | 25 kg | 2 kg |
| Runtime | 240 min | 120 min |
| Battery capacity | 842 Wh | Not published |
| Max speed | 6.2 m/s | Not published |
| Hand type | Tendon-driven, 22 DoF per hand | Not published |
| Actuator type | Low-inertia tendon drives | Low-inertia internal-rotor PMSM |
| Hot-swap battery | Not published | Yes |
| Onboard compute | 1X NEO Cortex (Nvidia Jetson Thor), up to 2070 FP4 TFLOPS | 8-core high-performance CPU |
| Sensors | Dual 8.85 MP 90 Hz stereo fisheye cameras, 4 beamforming microphones | Depth camera + 3D LiDAR, 4-mic array |
| IP rating | Body IP44, hands IP68 | Not published |
| Operating temperature | Not published by either | Not published by either |
| Teleoperation supported | Yes | Not published |
| SDK / secondary development | Not published | No |
| Warranty | 36 months | 8 months |