NEO vs H1
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 H1
Buy nowPrice not published
Unitree does not publish an H1 price.
Buy now · Sold through Unitree sales channels.
Where the published data differs
Every line below is computed from the two manufacturers’ own figures. Attributes neither brand publishes are omitted.
- Degrees of freedom: NEO 75 versus H1 19 (295% more). Published data favours NEO.
- Payload: NEO 25 kg versus H1 7 kg (257% more). Published data favours NEO.
- Weight: H1 47 kg versus NEO 30 kg (57% more).
- Height: H1 180 cm versus NEO 168 cm (7% more).
- Max speed: NEO 6.2 m/s versus H1 3.3 m/s (88% more). Published data favours NEO.
- Battery capacity: H1 864 Wh versus NEO 842 Wh (3% more). Published data favours H1.
- Actuator type: NEO — Low-inertia tendon drives; H1 — Low-inertia internal-rotor PMSM.
- Onboard compute: NEO — 1X NEO Cortex (Nvidia Jetson Thor), up to 2070 FP4 TFLOPS; H1 — Intel Core i5 platform with Intel Core i7 for user development.
Full specification comparison
| Attribute | NEO | H1 |
|---|---|---|
| Height | 168 cm | 180 cm |
| Weight | 30 kg | 47 kg |
| Degrees of freedom | 75 | 19 |
| Payload | 25 kg | 7 kg |
| Runtime | 240 min | Not published |
| Battery capacity | 842 Wh | 864 Wh |
| Max speed | 6.2 m/s | 3.3 m/s |
| 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 by either | Not published by either |
| Onboard compute | 1X NEO Cortex (Nvidia Jetson Thor), up to 2070 FP4 TFLOPS | Intel Core i5 platform with Intel Core i7 for user development |
| Sensors | Dual 8.85 MP 90 Hz stereo fisheye cameras, 4 beamforming microphones | 3D LiDAR and depth camera |
| 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 by either | Not published by either |
| Warranty | 36 months | Not published |