NEO vs H2
One has a purchase path today, the other does not
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.
List price · checked Oct 28, 2026Preorder · 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.
US$29,900 excluding tax and shipping. The H2 EDU variant is listed as contact sales.
List price · checked Oct 29, 2026Buy now · Listed for sale by Unitree.
Verdict
NEO has the lower list price ($20,000 vs $29,900). On the attributes both makers publish with a clear better direction, the published figures favour NEO on 2 and H2 on 1. This summary uses manufacturer-published data only; we have not tested either model.
Key differences
| Attribute | NEO | H2 |
|---|---|---|
| List price | $20,000 | $29,900 |
| Degrees of freedom | 75 | 31 |
| Payload | 25 kg | 7 kg |
| Height | 168 cm | 182 cm |
| Weight | 30 kg | 70 kg |
| Battery capacity | 842 Wh | 972 Wh |
| Hand type | Tendon-driven, 22 DoF per hand | Dexterous hand, multiple model options |
| Actuator type | Low-inertia tendon drives | Low-inertia internal-rotor PMSM |
| Onboard compute | 1X NEO Cortex (Nvidia Jetson Thor), up to 2070 FP4 TFLOPS | 2070 TOPS |
| Sensors | Dual 8.85 MP 90 Hz stereo fisheye cameras, 4 beamforming microphones | Wide field of view binocular camera |
Who should buy which
- Choose the NEO if you prioritise a lower list price, Degrees of freedom and Payload, based on published figures.
- Choose the H2 if you prioritise Battery capacity, based on published figures.
Where the published data differs
Every line below is computed from the two manufacturers’ own figures. Attributes neither brand publishes are omitted.
- NEO lists at $20,000, $9,900 below H2 at $29,900.
- Payload: NEO 25 kg versus H2 7 kg (257% more). Published data favours NEO.
- Degrees of freedom: NEO 75 versus H2 31 (142% more). Published data favours NEO.
- Weight: H2 70 kg versus NEO 30 kg (133% more).
- Height: H2 182 cm versus NEO 168 cm (8% more).
- Battery capacity: H2 972 Wh versus NEO 842 Wh (15% more). Published data favours H2.
- Hand type: NEO — Tendon-driven, 22 DoF per hand; H2 — Dexterous hand, multiple model options.
- Actuator type: NEO — Low-inertia tendon drives; H2 — Low-inertia internal-rotor PMSM.
Full specification comparison
| Attribute | NEO | H2 |
|---|---|---|
| Height | 168 cm | 182 cm |
| Weight | 30 kg | 70 kg |
| Degrees of freedom | 75 | 31 |
| Payload | 25 kg | 7 kg |
| Runtime | 240 min | Not published |
| Battery capacity | 842 Wh | 972 Wh |
| Max speed | 6.2 m/s | Not published |
| Hand type | Tendon-driven, 22 DoF per hand | Dexterous hand, multiple model options |
| 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 | 2070 TOPS |
| Sensors | Dual 8.85 MP 90 Hz stereo fisheye cameras, 4 beamforming microphones | Wide field of view binocular 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 |