B1
About
About B1
B1 is a 50-kilogram industrial quadruped with IP68 protection for wet, dusty and outdoor environments. It carries approximately 20 kilograms while walking and substantially larger static loads, supporting sensor, communications and field-equipment integration.
The robot crosses stairs, slopes, loose ground and confined infrastructure through adaptive leg control. Unitree offers autonomous-navigation, inspection and developer configurations with lidar, cameras and onboard compute. B1 has been used for patrol, rescue, mapping, industrial inspection and research, with a removable battery supporting extended field operations.
Capabilities
Source-backed capabilities
- Operating environments: Industrial, patrol, survey, exploration and rescue environments
- Control modes: Operator Supervised Autonomy
- Multi-terrain locomotion
Claimed - Traverse complex terrain in indoor, outdoor and poor-weather conditions. - environment: Industrial, patrol, survey, exploration and rescue environments
Source - Robotic inspection
Claimed - Carry sensors for patrol, survey and inspection work. - environment: Industrial, patrol, survey, exploration and rescue environments
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Supply
Supply / Components
- B1
Nvidia Jetson Xavier Nx Sensing Compute Option - Compute & Control - NVIDIA - Unitree offers three NVIDIA Xavier NX modules as a B1 sensing-compute configuration - source: unitree.com
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Camera Or Vision Sensor - Perception - RealSense - Unitree B1 incorporates five RealSense D430 depth cameras - source: unitree.com
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Embedded Compute - Compute & Control - Intel - Unitree B1 incorporates an Intel Core i5-1135G7 main-control processor - source: unitree.com
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Research
- GRoQ-LoCO: Generalist and Robot-agnostic Quadruped Locomotion Control using Offline Datasets
2025-05-16 - Research Publication - A single offline policy is tested across tracked Unitree and DEEP Robotics quadrupeds in simulation.
Source - Visual Whole-Body Control for Legged Loco-Manipulation
2024-03-25 - Research Publication - Strong B1 loco-manipulation artifact with an explicit real-robot Unitree B1 + Z1 platform.
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Timeline
- DeepSeek invests RMB140.8 million through Unitree IPO placement
2026-08-06 - Market Signal - The allocation represents an approximately 2.31% stake in Unitree. The companies also disclosed an embodied-intelligence collaboration combining DeepSeek AI models with Unitree robot systems and training data. The investment was made as part of Unitree's IPO strategic placement rather than a private venture round.
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