Hangzhou Yushu Technology Co., Ltd. (Unitree Robotics, 宇树科技)
Company Overview
Unitree Robotics is the trading name of Hangzhou Yushu Technology Co., Ltd., a robotics company based in Hangzhou, China. It was founded by Wang Xingxing (Wang Xingxing) in August 2016. The company came to global attention through its legged robots, first specialising in quadruped machines for the consumer and research markets, and later moving into humanoid robots from 2024 onwards.
What made Unitree notable is not just the technology but the price. Its quadruped platforms — the Go and B series — lowered the cost of entry for researchers, developers and industrial users enough that legged robotics stopped being a laboratory curiosity and became something a university lab or a developer could actually buy. The company has since become one of the most visible Chinese names in the humanoid robot race.
Main Products
- Quadruped robots: the Go series for consumer and research use, and the B series for industrial and higher-payload applications
- Humanoid robots: full-size humanoid platforms, including models in the H series, with later iterations aggressively priced relative to the category
- Robotic components: motors and joint modules, which the company also offers to developers and integrators
- Robotic arms: six-axis arms for manipulation applications
- Ecosystem and development platforms: recent work has paired Unitree humanoid hardware with third-party AI reasoning and control platforms aimed at developers
Key Facts
- Legal entity: Hangzhou Yushu Technology Co., Ltd. (trading as Unitree Robotics)
- Founded: August 2016, by Wang Xingxing
- Headquarters: Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
- Initial focus: Quadruped robots for the consumer and research markets
- Humanoid robots: Production began in 2024; the second iteration was priced around US$16,000
- Website: unitree.com
What to Know as a Buyer
Unitree is a robot platform maker, not a contract manufacturer. You do not walk in with a drawing and walk out with your own branded humanoid. What it does offer buyers and integrators is hardware you can build on — quadrupeds and humanoids, plus the motors and joint modules underneath them — along with an SDK-oriented ecosystem aimed at developers.
If your interest is in deploying or building on legged robots, the practical questions are about software and support: what SDK is exposed, how easy is it to get your own control stack running on the hardware, what payload and runtime you get in the real world versus the demo video, and what the spare-parts and service situation looks like in your region. For component sourcing, the joint modules and motors are worth a conversation if you are building your own platform.
One caveat: the humanoid robot space moves quickly and public details about pricing, availability and corporate structure change month to month. Unitree has been reported to be pursuing a public listing, and any such developments affect supply and contract terms. Treat marketing figures as a starting point and verify current specs, pricing and delivery directly.
Contact
For current product specifications, developer documentation, regional partners and sales contacts, refer to the official website: unitree.com. Details change frequently, so confirm anything commercial there before you plan around it.