Buying guide
Galaxea R1 vs Unitree H2 in 2026
Comparing 2 humanoid robots across availability, pricing, capabilities, and verified deployments. Current as of 2026.
Key differences
Neither Galaxea R1 nor Unitree H2 leads across the verified dimensions on DEPLOY's record as of 2026; the comparison table holds every sourced figure side by side.
- Unitree H2 has the lower recorded price.
| Attribute | ||
|---|---|---|
| Manufacturer | Galaxea AI | Unitree Robotics |
| Form factor | humanoid | humanoid |
| Maturity | research | research |
| Autonomy | ◐ not independently verified | ◐ not independently verified |
| Availability | shipping-nowshipping | shipping-nowshipping |
| Price | $39,999-$69,999 (actual sale price) | $29,900 (actual sale price) |
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| Brain | — |
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| Verified deployments | 0 | 0 |
| Privacy practices | — | — |
| Sources on file | 5 | 9 |
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Editorial summaries
Galaxea R1
Galaxea Dynamics sells the R1 humanoid directly through its own website, with the R1 Pro listed at $69,999 and the R1 Lite at $39,999. The product page states units are in stock and ship within 15 days. Price and availability are verified from the maker's own product page.
Unitree H2
The Unitree H2 (from Unitree Robotics, Hangzhou) is a full-size humanoid, the successor to the H1, and one of the rare Chinese humanoids with a verified, openly-published consumer price: $29,900 (China-direct, ex-customs). It has 31 degrees of freedom (up from the H1's 27): a new 3-DoF waist, 7-DoF arms, a quasi-serial leg and foot redesign, and a bio-inspired animated face new to the H-series.
It is about 1.82 meters and 70 kilograms with battery, with a roughly 3-hour battery, Intel Core i5/i7 base compute (an EDU variant offers NVIDIA Jetson), and a walking speed under 2 meters per second, down from the H1's roughly 3.3, trading speed for dexterity. DEPLOY records it at commercial maturity (for-sale with a published price), not production (no fleet-scale deployment).
A critical cap-flag: the H2's marquee demos (dance, boxing, gala performances) are choreographed or teleoperated (via a control rig or Apple Vision Pro), not verified-autonomous; autonomy is the goal, not the present state. The $29,900 is a China-direct ex-customs price, not a US landed price, and the '2070 TOPS' figure is the optional EDU Jetson, not the base unit.
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Recent coverage
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- Robbyant Upgrades and Open-Sources LingBot-VLA 2.0 as a Next-Generation Universal Brain for Embodied AI - Business WireGalaxea R1 · Google News · 2026-07-08
- Nvidia Isaac GR00T humanoid robot platform for researchers - qz.comUnitree H2 · Google News · 2026-07-03
- Chinese robot maker Unitree wins approval for 619 million Shanghai IPOUnitree H2 · Ben Smith, Deploy Editor · 2026-07-02
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