education
Flagship research platform; NVIDIA reference humanoid
Owner verifiedVerified July 2026
- Control mode
- Autonomous
- Human intervention
- Developer programmed
Research record R-029Limited delivery
H2
By Unitree Robotics · China · announced October 2025
Unitree's $29,900 full-size flagship, now shipping, and the body NVIDIA chose for its open humanoid reference design.
Broader research scope
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Research summary
What the record says.
The H2 is Unitree's second-generation full-size humanoid, revealed in October 2025: 1.8 meters, about 70 kilograms, with smoother, more humanlike proportions than the H1 and a base price of $29,900, a third of its predecessor's. The base unit ships with non-functional dummy hands; dexterous hands and higher tiers (commercial about $41,000, EDU about $69,000 via distributors) cost more.
Phased deliveries to North America began around April 2026. At Computex in June 2026, NVIDIA announced the H2-based 'H2 Plus' as the first Isaac GR00T reference humanoid, with Jetson Thor onboard and availability promised for October 2026 to anyone, with Stanford, ETH Zurich, UC San Diego and Ai2 as academic launch partners; Unitree's shop lists it at $100,000.
The H2 generation anchors Unitree's move upmarket as the company heads for its Shanghai IPO, approved by regulators in July 2026 with a raise around $618 million.
Delivery evidence
Announcement is not arrival.
Owner verified
Distributor-reported deliveries from April 2026; no published counts
Capability ledger
What has actually been shown?
2 material claims are separated by evidence setting and human involvement. The strongest recorded signal is Owner verified; it does not automatically transfer to every row.
entertainment
Dynamic demonstrations; reported Spring Festival Gala 2026 appearance
Controlled demoVerified July 2026
- Control mode
- Mixed / assisted
- Human intervention
- Choreographed
Hardware record.
- Height
- 180 cm
- Weight
- 70 kg
- Locomotion
- Bipedal with notably humanlike gait
- Payload
- Not fully published
- Runtime
- About 2 hours class
- Charging
- Swappable battery
- Top speed
- Fast walking and dynamic moves
- Degrees of freedom
- 31 (company figure)
- Hands
- Dummy hands standard; dexterous hands optional
- Face / expression
- Sensor visor
- Sensors
- 3D lidar, depth cameras, microphone array
Software record.
- AI platform
- Unitree SDK; NVIDIA Isaac GR00T reference stack on H2 Plus (Jetson Thor)
- Voice
- Developer configured
- Languages
- Developer configured
- Visual recognition
- Developer configured
- Memory
- Developer configured
- Processing
- Onboard; H2 Plus adds Jetson Thor Blackwell compute
- Autonomous abilities
- Locomotion autonomy out of the box; GR00T models target general skills
- Teleoperation
- Fully supported
- Software updates
- Firmware and Isaac ecosystem
- Developer access
- Open SDK; GR00T reference design
Who can see, hear, or take control?
- Recording storage
- Owner controlled
- Remote operation possible
- Yes
- Teleoperation disclosure
- Owner is the operator
- Camera / microphone controls
- Owner controlled
- Data deletion
- Owner controlled
- Account required
- App account for setup
- Emergency stop
- Remote e-stop
- Children and pets
- Full-size powerful machine; professional use
- Security updates
- Firmware updates
Open questions
Disputed or unverified.
- H2 Plus final pricing: the shop lists $100,000 while launch press said pricing was not announced
- The February 2026 Spring Festival Gala H2 performance is reported by a single aggregator
Lifecycle record
Status history.
- Preorder
H2 revealed; preorders open
- Limited delivery
Phased North American deliveries reported
- Limited delivery
NVIDIA announces H2 Plus as Isaac GR00T reference humanoid (October availability)
Source register
4 linked sources.
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