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iCub vs Unitree G1

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iCubiCub
Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia
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Unitree Robotics
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Commercial
List pricelower is better
EUR 250,000
Verified · T1
US$13,500best
Verified · T1
Pricing typeno better
quote only
Verified · T1
list price
Verified · T1
Physical
Heightno better
1.05 m
Verified · T1
1.32 m
Verified · T1
Weightno better
33 kg
Verified · T1
35 kg
Verified · T1
Degrees of freedomno better
53
Verified · T1
23
Verified · T1
Hand DOFno better
9
Verified · T1
7
Verified · T1
Hand typeno better
Five-finger dexterous hand, nine motors driving tendons, 3-DoF wrist, tactile sensors in palm and fingertips
Verified · T1
Dex3-1 three-fingered dexterous hand (optional, force control)
Verified · T1
Technical
Sensorsno better
2 cameras (Pointgrey Dragonfly 2, 640x480) in the eyes · 2 stereo omnidirectional microphones · inertial sensors (3-axis gyroscope, accelerometer and geomagnetic, BOSCH BNO055) · absolute magnetic and incremental joint encoders · 6 six-axis force/torque sensors plus 2 ankle sensors · more than 3000 capacitive tactile sensors (skin)
Verified · T1
Depth Camera · 3D LiDAR · 4 Microphone Array
Verified · T1
Camerasno better
2 x Pointgrey Dragonfly 2 (640x480) mounted in the eyes
Verified · T1
Depth Camera
Verified · T1
Computeno better
Intel i7 7600 CPU, 4 GB RAM, 32GB SSD
Verified · T1
8-core high-performance CPU
Verified · T1
AI stackno better
iCub software repository: kinematics and dynamics, force/impedance control, reaching and grasping behaviours, attention system, online object learning and recognition, speech interfaces, OpenCV, Point Cloud
Verified · T1
UnifoLM (Unified Robot Large Model)
Verified · T1
Software
ROS supportno better
ros2
Reported · T2
ros2
Verified · T1
SDK availableno better
Yes
Verified · T1
Yes
Verified · T1
SDK languagesno better
Python · Java · C# · Matlab
Verified · T1
C++ · Python
Verified · T1

9 attributes are not compared because not every robot here reports them.

Wins by disclosed attributes with a defined better · iCub 0 · G1 1 · 0 ties13 attributes have no better, are undisclosed or disputed · no overall winner is ever declared

Verified iCub 25 Sept 2026 · Unitree G1 24 Sept 2026