Which runs longer on a battery charge, the 1X NEO or the Unitree R1?

The 1X NEO: 4 h, against ~1 h for the Unitree R1, as their makers publish them.

COMPARISON · 7 SPECIFICATIONS

NEO vs Unitree R1

NEO (1X Technologies) and Unitree R1 (Unitree Robotics) are both full-size humanoid robots. The table sets side by side the 7 specifications both manufacturers publish; each value is the maker's own, with its source, and a value either maker does not publish is not compared.

PUBLISHED BY WBH · 06 NOV 2026

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SPECIFICATION	NEO1X Technologies Status: ANNOUNCED	Unitree R1Unitree Robotics Status: SHIPPING
Height	5’6” (as published; approx. 1.68 m)Official source [1]	1.23 mOfficial source [2]
Weight	66 lb (as published; approx. 30 kg)Official source [1]	~27 kg (R1 AIR) · ~29 kg (R1) · ~29 kg (R1 EDU)Official source [2]
Degrees of freedom	Hands 22x2, Arms 7x2, Neck 3, Spine 2, Legs 6x2 (as listed; 1X does not state a total)Official source [1]	20 (R1 AIR) · 26 (R1) · 26-40 (R1 EDU)Official source [2]
Runtime	4 hOfficial source [1]	~1 hOfficial source [2]
Arm payload	18 lb (as published)Official source [1]	~2 kgOfficial source [2]
Battery	842 WhOfficial source [1]	Lithium battery, quick-releaseOfficial source [2]
Compute	1X NEO Cortex (NVIDIA Jetson Thor), up to 2070 FP4 TFLOPSOfficial source [1]	8-core processor; R1 EDU optional Orin (40-100 TOPS)Official source [2]

Each value is the one on the robot’s profile, with its source. Figures are as each manufacturer publishes them and may be measured differently; a value a manufacturer does not publish is shown as “Not published”, never estimated.

IN SHORT

Which runs longer on a battery charge, the 1X NEO or the Unitree R1?: The 1X NEO: 4 h, against ~1 h for the Unitree R1, as their makers publish them.

HARDWARE · AFFILIATE LINKS

Hardware named on this page

NVIDIA Jetson AGX Thor Developer Kit Bundle at Seeed StudioNamed in NEO's specifications (Compute): Jetson Thor

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