1X NEO vs Unitree G1: A Humanoid for the Home Against a Research Platform

NEO weighs 30 kg, the G1 35 kg. The G1 stands 132 cm tall (690 mm folded), while NEO, in a second technical sheet describing the same family under the name Neo Gamma, is 168 cm. Runtime is about 4 hours for NEO (an 842 Wh battery) against only 2 hours for the G1 (9000 mAh, 13S, hot-swappable). NEO’s walking speed is 1.4 m/s; the manufacturer gives no comparable figure for the G1.

They differ in drive and hands. NEO has a tendon drive and hands with 22 degrees of freedom (IP68, able to handle a dishwasher). The G1 has 23 degrees of freedom in the body: six per leg, five per arm and one in the waist, with knee torque up to 90 N·m, and tactile hands are found in the EDU variant. Be careful with payload. For NEO, one sheet gives 68 kg and another 25 kg, while the G1 has 2 kg. We do not know how those numbers were measured, so do not treat them as comparable.

Sensors are plentiful: the G1 has a 3D LiDAR, an RGB-D depth camera, four microphones and a 5 W speaker, while NEO has 8.85 MP stereo cameras, a LiDAR, force sensors and four microphones. NEO’s computer is an NVIDIA Jetson Thor (NVIDIA Jetson); the G1 has an eight-core processor. Cameras and microphones at home raise privacy questions, discussed in “Data Security: Robots with Cameras and the GDPR”.

NEO costs USD 20,000, about PLN 77,500 (≈ EUR 17,760) at the 3.8762 rate of 1 October 2026, with a USD 200 deposit (about PLN 775 (≈ EUR 180)). The alternative is a USD 499 monthly subscription (about PLN 1,934 (≈ EUR 445)): after roughly 40 months the instalments catch up with the purchase price. The first deliveries are announced in the US for the end of 2026, with international expansion only from 2027. In Poland NEO is not available and has no distributor. The EQT fund has committed its portfolio companies to buy up to 10,000 units in 2026–2030, but that is a pledge, not completed orders. As of July no customer delivery had been confirmed.

The G1 on the manufacturer’s list is USD 13,500 net (about PLN 52,329 (≈ EUR 11,990), before tax and shipping), but in Polish shops you pay more. The Basic version: PLN 99,000 (≈ EUR 22,690) (x-kom, Ceneo, Botland), PLN 79,900 (≈ EUR 18,310) at Delta Robots. EDU-U1 about PLN 149,912 (≈ EUR 34,350), EDU-U2 PLN 189,999 (≈ EUR 43,540), EDU-U3 PLN 250,000 (≈ EUR 57,290). The spread therefore runs from roughly PLN 80,000 (≈ EUR 18,330) to 250,000 and depends mainly on the variant. The base version does not give full SDK access; that comes with the EDU variants, so ask exactly that before ordering. For comparison with other market prices see “How Much Does a Humanoid Robot Cost in 2026”.

NEO is a robot for the home: the manufacturer describes folding laundry, loading the dishwasher, fetching items and helping in the kitchen (homes). It is the first humanoid you can realistically order for household use, but independent observers note that on harder tasks it partly relies on teleoperation. Full autonomy is not confirmed, and there are no independent tests of reliability and safety.

The G1 is a humanoid for the university, for demonstrations and for a first R&D project. Polish sellers point to education, industry and logistics, and the company 33bots rents it out for events and trade fairs with a certified operator (“Renting a Humanoid Robot for an Event”). Factory-scale industrial deployments are not documented, and with a 2 kg payload and 2 hours of runtime it is no use for shift work. If you want a cheaper way in, consider the Unitree R1; the variant with the full SDK is the Unitree G1 EDU. The series is described in “Unitree H1, G1, R1 and H2”.