Unitree Robotics · robot dog
Go1
A 12 kg consumer quadruped with 12 motors and stereo depth cameras that can follow its owner at up to about 17 km/h. A 2025 security flaw (CVE-2025-2894) was reported in its remote-access tunnel.
- Price
- $2,700Cheaper than 38%
- Height
- —Not published
- Weight
- 12 kgHeavier than 20%
- Payload
- 5 kgCarries more than 4%
- Speed
- 16.9 km/hFaster than 71%
- Battery
- —Not published
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Why it matters
The first widely sold consumer robot dog under $3,000, which made quadrupeds mainstream.
Real-world use
Sold worldwide; the US Marine Corps test-fired an M72 rocket launcher mounted on a Go1 in 2023 (reported).
Maker
Unitree RoboticsCompany · founded 2016 · Hangzhou, ChinaPublic company: listed on Shanghai's STAR Market on 19 Aug 2026 (688836.SH), raising about 6.1 billion yuan at 150.80 yuan a share; earlier…
How it stacks up
Against other robot dogs that publish the figure. Pick a measure.
Go1 is heavier than 20% of the 41 other robot dogs that publish a weight. Bars show the 7 closest in date.
Go1 is faster than 71% of the 34 other robot dogs that publish a speed. Bars show the 7 closest in date.
Go1 carries more than 4% of the 27 other robot dogs that publish a payload. Bars show the 7 closest in date.
Go1 has more joints than 0% of the 23 other robot dogs that publish a joints. Bars show the 7 closest in date.
Go1 costs less than 38% of the 21 other robot dogs that publish a price. Bars show the 7 closest in date.
Not published by the maker: height, battery.
Public attention
A historic robot: no longer sold or in use, so it is not ranked against current machines.
- No Wikipedia article of its own yet
- 1 news story from reputable press listed on this page
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What’s inside
The parts the company has talked about publicly.
- Movement
- Walks on legs · 12 joints
- How it runs
- Assisted. Owners steer it with a remote or app while it balances itself; it can also follow its owner.
- Chip
- Jetson Nano (NVIDIA)Edu version pairs Nano-class sensing boards with Jetson Nano or NX modules.
- Actuators & motors
- 12 joint motors; hip and thigh motors up to 23.7 Nm, knee motors (1.5:1 extra reduction) up to 35.55 Nm; heat-pipe cooling near the knee
- Sensors & vision
- Fisheye stereo depth camera pairs (one pair on Air, five on Pro and Edu), about 150 x 170 degrees each; optional 2D or 3D lidar on Edu; foot-end force sensors on Edu
- Compute
- Sensing boards with 4-core CPU and 128-core GPU (0.5 TFLOPS each): one on Air, three on Pro; Edu pairs Nano-class boards with Jetson Nano or NX modules; maker cites 16-core CPU and 384-core GPU (1.5 TFLOPS) in total
- Battery & power
- About an hour of jogging per charge (reported); 24 V charger (4 A Air, 6 A Pro and Edu)
- Materials & build
- Aluminium thighs; 12 kg
- AI & software
- Graphical programming on all models; Python and research interfaces and 4G on Edu; follow mode by radio positioning; human detection
- Other details
- Payload about 4-6 kg; top speed 2.5-3.7 m/s by model
Lineage
Every Unitree Robotics machine in order.
XDog2016Retired
Laikago2017Discontinued
AlienGo2019Discontinued
A12020Discontinued
B12021Discontinued- Go12021Discontinued
Go22023In service
B22023Commercial- No public photo yetWe only show photos we're allowed to useRifle-armed robot dog (Golden Dragon 2024)2024Prototype
Go2-W2024Commercial
B2-W2024Commercial- No public photo yetWe only show photos we're allowed to useA2 (Stellar Hunter)2025Commercial
As22026Commercial
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Made, sold and where
Unit counts are usually company figures; analysts often disagree.
- Price
- $2,700Go1 Air $2,700, Go1 $3,500, Go1 Edu $8,500 at launch
- How to get one
- No official buying page found
- Sold or delivered
- Sold worldwide online (unit total not published)
- Where it is sold or used
- Hangzhou, China
News
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- Unitree starts selling Go1 from $2,700
Slashdot relayed that Unitree began selling Go1 in Air, standard and Edu versions at $2,700, $3,500 and $8,500.
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Side by side with its peers
Picked by the same rules for every robot: another maker’s robot that moves the same way, is at the same stage and does at least one of the same main jobs, first shown within two years. Closer size and price rank higher. Few robots match closely, so these are the nearest matches. How we choose
| Measure | Go1Unitree Robotics |  CyberDogXiaomiSame job: companionship · Both walk · Both past robots · Similar price |
|---|---|---|
| First shown | 2021-06 | 2021-08 |
| Status | Discontinued | Discontinued |
| Height | — | — |
| Weight | 12 kg | 14 kg |
| Joints | 12 | — |
| Speed | 16.9 km/h | 11.5 km/h |
| Payload | 5 kg | — |
| Battery | — | 1 h |
| Price | $2,700 | $1,540 |
Sources
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