H2

Source-backed capabilities

• Operating environments: TRACE physical H2 VLA task station, TRACE physical H2 teleoperation workspace
• Control modes: Autonomous, Teleoperated
• Trace toy relocation

  Research demonstration - 2026-10-13 - Relocate a toy using one arm. - environment: TRACE physical H2 VLA task station

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• Trace cube relocation

  Research demonstration - 2026-10-13 - Relocate a cube using both arms. - environment: TRACE physical H2 VLA task station

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• Trace pillow pickup

  Research demonstration - 2026-10-13 - Pick up a pillow while coordinating whole-body movement. - environment: TRACE physical H2 VLA task station

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• Trace open door

  Research demonstration - 2026-10-13 - Open a door using whole-body coordination. - environment: TRACE physical H2 VLA task station

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• Trace open trashcan

  Research demonstration - 2026-10-13 - Open a trash can while using foot contact for whole-body support. - environment: TRACE physical H2 VLA task station

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• Trace teleop door

  Research demonstration - 2026-10-13 - Open a door and pass through it under teleoperation. - environment: TRACE physical H2 teleoperation workspace

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• Trace teleop trash

  Research demonstration - 2026-10-13 - Place waste into a trash receptacle under teleoperation. - environment: TRACE physical H2 teleoperation workspace

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• Trace teleop chair

  Research demonstration - 2026-10-13 - Reposition a chair under teleoperation. - environment: TRACE physical H2 teleoperation workspace

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• Trace teleop soccer

  Research demonstration - 2026-10-13 - Move a soccer ball under whole-body teleoperation. - environment: TRACE physical H2 teleoperation workspace

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• Trace teleop toys

  Research demonstration - 2026-10-13 - Pack toys under teleoperation. - environment: TRACE physical H2 teleoperation workspace

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• TRACE: Efficient Transfer Learning for Neural Whole-Body Control Across Humanoid Embodiments

  2026-10-13 - Research Publication - TRACE adapts a pretrained SONIC whole-body controller from Unitree G1 to H2 through kinematic pre-adaptation, distilled representations and low-rank reinforcement learning. The study combines simulation motion tracking with physical H2 demonstrations and releases deployment code and H2 model checkpoints.

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• unitreerobotics/unitree_mujoco

  Research Publication - Unitree’s MuJoCo simulator integrates low-level SDK2 control with C++ and Python simulation. It supplies robot models, joint-command/state interfaces, terrain tools and controller examples for digital validation.

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• Unitree robot descriptions and simulation packages

  Research Publication - Unitree's shared robot-description and simulation repository publishes robot models, meshes and ROS control packages for multiple platforms.

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• Unitree SDK2 control interfaces and examples

  Research Publication - Unitree SDK2 supplies C++ communication libraries and platform-specific examples for robot control. The source separates G1, H1, H2 and R1 examples alongside quadrupeds and shared DDS interfaces.

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Media library

• H2 balance demonstration

  image · Unitree Robotics

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• H2 outdoor movement

  image · Unitree Robotics

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• H2 walking with a person

  image · Unitree Robotics

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• Unitree H2 introduction

  video · Unitree Robotics

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Official Unitree H2 product, developer and model references with exact product-page demonstration imagery and verified official video.

• H2 SDK development guide

  WEB · H2 SDK · Unitree Robotics

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• Unitree SDK2 repository

  WEB · H2 SDK2 · Unitree Robotics

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• Unitree SDK2 Python repository

  WEB · H2 SDK2 Python · Unitree Robotics

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• Unitree unveils H2 humanoid robot

  2025-10-20 - Product Launch - The design adds a human-like face, dual wide-angle cameras and articulated arms, legs, waist and head. October coverage listed a $29,900 standard model and a developer configuration with optional NVIDIA Jetson AGX Thor computing.

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Market context

H2 is Unitree full-size humanoid robot building on legged robotics expertise with focus on dynamic locomotion and real-world operation.

• Target environment: Research labs, developer workshops and structured testing environments.
• Workflow context: Humanoid development, locomotion research and real-world operation testing using a full-size platform.
• Customer context: Robotics researchers and developers seeking a full-size humanoid from a proven legged-robotics manufacturer.
• Deployment model: Commercial product from a major legged-robotics manufacturer.
• Commercial maturity: Commercially available humanoid continuing Unitree rapid iteration in humanoid platforms.
• Adoption constraints: Primarily a development and research platform. Industrial deployment readiness depends on task-specific validation.
• Market position: One of the fastest-moving humanoid programs, leveraging strong locomotion capabilities from quadruped systems into biped platforms.
• Adjacent products: H1, G1, developer humanoid platforms

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