Buying a humanoid delivered to France: price, warranty and how much is human-piloted

What can be ordered today

Unitree shows a price on its own pages for the R1 (and its R1 Air version), the G1 and the H2. The “EDU” versions of the R1, G1 and H2 are sold “on contact” (“Contact sales”). At 1X, NEO is ordered online with a $200 deposit, listed as fully refundable (“Fully Refundable”). NEURA Robotics opens a reservation for its 4NE1 at €100 per unit, fully refundable and credited against the final price.

The listed price is not the price you pay

Unitree lists its prices before tax and shipping (“Tax and Shipping cost excluded”): $4,900 for the R1 Air, $5,900 for the R1, $29,900 for the H2, and “from $13.5K” for the G1. 1X sells NEO for $20,000, three-year warranty included, or $499 a month by subscription. For the 4NE1, NEURA gives an expected price (“voraussichtlich”) of €98,000 before tax and shipping for one to nineteen units, €60,000 from twenty: it is not a final price.

In euros, you have to look at the shops. According to Numerama (article of 25 August 2026), Joybuy's French store listed the R1 Air at €4,899 (instead of €4,950), the R1 at €5,899 (instead of €5,950) and the G1 at €17,999 (instead of €19,899). These prices date from the article and we have not re-read them in the shop. They cannot be compared directly with the maker's dollar prices: the currency is different, taxes and shipping may be, and we convert nothing.

Delivered to France?

According to Numerama, at the date of the article the two R1 were on pre-order with delivery from 1 October, and the G1 was already available. 1X's order page says “US Deliveries start 2026”: only delivery in the United States is announced. NEURA expects the 4NE1 to be available “Ende 2026” (end of 2026) and names no country. As for the G1 page, it gives no delivery terms: it only excludes shipping from the price.

Warranties

Durations range from six months to three years. Makers' pages: 6 months for the R1 Air, 8 months for the R1, G1 and H2, 18 months for the G1 EDU, 12 months for the H2 EDU and the R1 EDU. NEO comes with a three-year warranty in the purchase offer. For a new good bought from a professional seller, French law also provides a legal guarantee of conformity of two years from delivery, which the seller must honour (Service-public.fr, page checked on 17 August 2026).

On its own, or steered?

1X writes that NEO “arrives with basic autonomy for early owners and grows in capability overtime”. For a complex task it does not know, a 1X expert can supervise its actions remotely at scheduled times, and its owner can pilot it from anywhere with a mobile app and a virtual reality device. Xataka (article by Amparo Babiloni, 13 September 2026) recalls that when it went on sale it emerged that NEO is not 100% autonomous: a person controls it with a headset and controllers.

Numerama writes that the three Unitree robots at Joybuy come with a remote control and can run the movements Unitree has already built in. The article notes the mention “no SDK/API available” on the Joybuy listing and concludes that you cannot program your own behaviours, which, in its view, only the EDU versions, more open and more expensive, allow. It expects these models to suit demonstrations and events best, and writes that the R1 and G1 are not household robots in the strict sense but above all locomotion robots. Xataka also reports that all the robots Amparo Babiloni could see at IFA in Berlin were steered by people holding a controller. In front of a demonstration, the question to ask is therefore: who is holding the controller?

Battery life, load, safety

Announced battery life: about 1 h for the R1, about 2 h for the G1, about 3 h for the H2 (Unitree), 4 h for NEO (1X). An independent measurement exists for the G1: the Fraunhofer IPA institute (press release of 27 May 2026) tested a G1 EDU-4, delivered in May 2025 and running firmware 1.04. On a single charge the maximum operating time was 2 h 49 min standing still and 1 h 49 min in a typical scenario alternating standing and walking. That is the measurement of one specific configuration, not an average.

Load: Unitree states a maximum arm load of about 2 kg for the G1 (about 3 kg for the G1 EDU) and says it varies greatly with arm extension; for the H2, about 7 kg rated and about 15 kg at peak. For NEO, 1X states “Carry 55 lbs” (about 25 kg) and “Arm Payload 18 lbs” (about 8 kg). Makers do not all measure the same thing, so these figures cannot be compared as they stand.

The same Fraunhofer test records that collision forces above 500 N can occur, far above the pain thresholds the standard permits, and a critical Bluetooth vulnerability allowing remote takeover, since fixed according to the institute. The release gives no walking speed, payload or reliability result for the G1.

Questions to ask before paying

Is the price before tax, delivery included, in euros? What warranty, and from whom? Will the robot do the promised task alone, or must it be steered, by you or by a maker's operator? Can it be programmed (SDK, API)? What battery life when walking and carrying, rather than standing still? It is better to get these answers in writing before paying.