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Digit vs Unitree G1 in 2026

Comparing 2 humanoid robots across availability, pricing, capabilities, and verified deployments. Current as of 2026.

Key differences

On DEPLOY's record, Digit has more verified real-world deployments (11 versus 10) than Unitree G1 as of 2026; DEPLOY counts a deployment only when confirmed at a named site with a primary source.

  • Digit has more capabilities independently verified as autonomous (1 vs 0).
  • Unitree G1 has the lower recorded price.
  • Digit has more verified real-world deployments (11 vs 10).
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Agility Robotics Digit humanoid robot moving a tote onto a conveyor in a warehouse. Still from the official Agility Robotics video "Digit's First Day of Work at GXO" (2024); the frame carries the video's own on-screen caption.
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Unitree G1 humanoid robot in a workshop. Still from the official Unitree video introducing the G1 humanoid (2024).
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ManufacturerAgility RoboticsUnitree Robotics
Form factorhumanoidhumanoid
Maturitycommercialcommercial
Autonomy✓ 1 verified autonomous◐ not independently verified
Availabilityinternal-onlyenterprisewaitlistwaitlist
Price$100,000-$250,000 (analyst estimate)$13,500 (actual sale price)
Capability claims
  • Fetches items (autonomous, verified)
  • Picks and packs (demo-only, demonstrated-once)
Brain
Verified deployments1110
Privacy practices——
Sources on file4529

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Editorial summaries

Digit

Digit is the cohort's commercial verification anchor: the most-verified-hours humanoid in the registry, with Agility's GXO Flowery Branch deployment doing the load-bearing work. The maker-facility rule applies in reverse here. GXO operates Digit on customer-paid freight inside GXO's own warehouses, which is the commercial-deployment shape that internal-facility pilots from Tesla, 1X, and others do not yet have.

Agility describes Digit's operational envelope as autonomous mobile manipulation in structured logistics; the verification anchor is what operators document at the customer site, not Agility's spec sheet.

Unitree G1

The Unitree G1 is a research and developer humanoid platform at a sub-enterprise price point, sold into university labs, hardware-research groups, and individual developers rather than enterprise integration contracts. The category distinction matters: a G1 at a research bench is in its intended environment; treating G1 in active research use as commercial deployment overstates Unitree's commercial position relative to Apollo, Digit, or Atlas.

Unitree describes G1's autonomy as developer-platform capability for capability research, with the published specs (degrees of freedom, payload, runtime) as the verifiable substance; commercial deployment hours at named customer sites are not yet part of G1's record.

Common questions

How do Digit and Unitree G1 differ?
On DEPLOY's record, Digit has more verified real-world deployments (11 versus 10) than Unitree G1 as of 2026; DEPLOY counts a deployment only when confirmed at a named site with a primary source. Digit has more capabilities independently verified as autonomous (1 vs 0). Unitree G1 has the lower recorded price. Digit has more verified real-world deployments (11 vs 10).
What is the difference between Digit and Unitree G1?
Digit and Unitree G1 are both humanoid robots on the DEPLOY registry. They differ in maker, maturity, price, verified deployments, and how much of their autonomy is independently verified. See the table above for the full head-to-head; each figure is sourced.
Which is cheaper, Digit or Unitree G1?
Unitree G1 has the lower recorded price on the DEPLOY registry than Digit. Prices are sourced; see each record for whether the figure is a manufacturer target, an estimate, or an actual sale price.
Is Digit or Unitree G1 more autonomous?
Digit has more capabilities independently verified as autonomous on the DEPLOY registry than Unitree G1. DEPLOY counts a capability as autonomous only when verified at a real deployment, not from a demo or a vendor claim.
Which has more verified deployments, Digit or Unitree G1?
Digit has more verified deployments (11) on the DEPLOY registry than Unitree G1 (10). DEPLOY counts a deployment only when confirmed at a named site with a primary source.

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