Unitree Go2-W

What it's for

The Go2-W turns the robot dog into a rolling security guard. Instead of feet it has driven wheels (7-inch pneumatic tires on all four legs) and reaches 2.5 m/s on flat ground, yet it still clears obstacles of up to 70 cm and slopes of up to 35°. The robot has 16 joint motors (four more than the regular Go2), weighs 18 kg, carries 8 kg and runs for up to 2.5 hours.

The manufacturer and resellers name field inspection and facility monitoring (factories, security). The wheels reduce energy use on long, flat stretches, while the legs allow it to clear obstacles.

An NVIDIA Jetson Orin NX 16 GB computer rated at 100 TOPS (NVIDIA Jetson) is fitted as standard, and the Ultimate version also has a Hesai XT16 LiDAR (Hesai). That is enough for on-board image recognition, meaning simple vision tasks at the edge.

The convenience on even ground is paid for in price and offer complexity: the Go2-W is sold in variants U1–U5 and ENT, each with its own configuration and price. For a garden or a university (universities), the regular Go2 from the quadruped robots category is the saner choice.

Who it's for

A good fit: plants and sites with large, mostly flat terrain that need inspection or monitoring on a budget in the tens of thousands of zloty. Integrators looking for a compact platform with an Orin NX computer as standard. Research teams that want to compare wheeled and legged locomotion.

Not a good choice for: anyone who needs a big payload, since 8 kg is not much; for that you need the Unitree B2-W. Sites that have to climb stairs often: wheels do not help, and the route can end up longer. Buyers who expect a single price and a single catalog: the Go2-W has its own price scale, and some variants are occasionally unavailable in shops.

Before buying, check carefully which variant is part of the offer and whether it includes the LiDAR, which is not always obvious from a shop's description. We cover reading specifications in the guide “How to Read a Robot Datasheet”.

Deployments

The model has a Polish distributor (drony.net), which is a good sign for service, but we found no documented plant using it in daily work.

For comparison in the category: MAB Robotics Honey Badger 4.0, a Polish quadruped from the Poznań firm MAB Robotics, used in district-heating ducts since 2023, and Spot at many plants around the world. When buying, ask the distributor for references.

Unitree Go2 is the regular, walking Go2. It is tens of thousands of zloty cheaper (the Air costs about PLN 10,000–12,000 (≈ EUR 2,290–2,750) in shops), but has no wheels and no Orin computer as standard.

Unitree B2-W is the larger hybrid sibling, with a payload of up to 120 kg and a speed of up to 15 km/h on wheels; it costs PLN 349,000 (≈ EUR 79,970) in Poland.

DEEP Robotics Lynx is another hybrid quadruped: 5 m/s, 15 kg payload, price about USD 17,999 (about PLN 69,768 (≈ EUR 15,990)). On paper it is faster and stronger than the Go2-W.

DEEP Robotics Lite3 is a simpler, educational quadruped without wheels, for about PLN 11,202 (≈ EUR 2,570).

Boston Dynamics Spot is the reference point for professional inspection, though it has no wheels and is considerably more expensive. For the full comparison, see the quadruped robots category.

The Go2-W is a wheeled take on the Go2. It was shown publicly in January 2025 at CES in Las Vegas, alongside the Go2, B2-W, H1 and G1. The wheeled version derives from the regular Go2, just as the B2-W derives from the B2.

The company was founded in 2016 in Hangzhou, and in 2025 it began preparations for a stock-market debut. We describe the development of the whole quadruped range in “Unitree Go2 Review: Prices and the Air, Pro, X and EDU Versions”. For the wheeled version we have no separate launch date or longer revision history; the available sources show only the CES presentation and later price listings in Poland, the latest reading dated 27 Sep 2026.