NEO vs R1
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 27, 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$5,900 for the R1 configuration, excluding tax and shipping. The R1 AIR is listed at US$4,900 and the R1 EDU as contact sales.
List price · checked Oct 27, 2026Buy now · Sold directly by Unitree.
Verdict
R1 has the lower list price ($5,900 vs $20,000). On the attributes both makers publish with a clear better direction, the published figures favour NEO on 4 and R1 on 0. This summary uses manufacturer-published data only; we have not tested either model.
Key differences
| Attribute | NEO | R1 |
|---|---|---|
| List price | $20,000 | $5,900 |
| Degrees of freedom | 75 | 26 |
| Payload | 25 kg | 2 kg |
| Runtime | 240 min | 60 min |
| Height | 168 cm | 123 cm |
| Weight | 30 kg | 29 kg |
| Warranty | 36 months | 8 months |
| Actuator type | Low-inertia tendon drives | Low-inertia internal-rotor PMSM |
| Onboard compute | 1X NEO Cortex (Nvidia Jetson Thor), up to 2070 FP4 TFLOPS | 8-core high-performance processor |
| Sensors | Dual 8.85 MP 90 Hz stereo fisheye cameras, 4 beamforming microphones | Binocular camera, 4-mic array |
Who should buy which
- Choose the NEO if you prioritise Degrees of freedom, Payload, Runtime and Warranty, based on published figures.
- Choose the R1 if you prioritise a lower list price, 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.
- R1 lists at $5,900, $14,100 below NEO at $20,000.
- Payload: NEO 25 kg versus R1 2 kg (1150% more). Published data favours NEO.
- Runtime: NEO 240 min versus R1 60 min (300% more). Published data favours NEO.
- Degrees of freedom: NEO 75 versus R1 26 (188% more). Published data favours NEO.
- Height: NEO 168 cm versus R1 123 cm (37% more).
- Weight: NEO 30 kg versus R1 29 kg (3% more).
- Warranty: NEO 36 months versus R1 8 months (350% more). Published data favours NEO.
- Actuator type: NEO — Low-inertia tendon drives; R1 — Low-inertia internal-rotor PMSM.
Full specification comparison
| Attribute | NEO | R1 |
|---|---|---|
| Height | 168 cm | 123 cm |
| Weight | 30 kg | 29 kg |
| Degrees of freedom | 75 | 26 |
| Payload | 25 kg | 2 kg |
| Runtime | 240 min | 60 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 processor |
| Sensors | Dual 8.85 MP 90 Hz stereo fisheye cameras, 4 beamforming microphones | Binocular camera, 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 |