Go1
Consumer research quadruped — human-following demonstrations for classrooms, now discontinued
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$3K - $9K
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How it stands in your space.
Side-by-side with a 180 cm adult, so you can feel the robot's footprint, height, and presence before it ever rolls in.
Compared with a 180 cm adult, Go1 stands at approximately waist-to-chest height.
180 cm adult
Specifications
What this robot can do.
- Obstacle avoidance
- Multi-floor
- Elevator support
- Voice interaction
- Screen interaction
- Autonomous charging
- Fleet management
- Indoor
- Outdoor
Should you deploy it?
0–100 — higher is stronger, except where noted.
How operationally ready this robot is for production deployment today.
Confidence in the published ROI numbers — how likely the savings actually materialize.
Share of the human task this category can credibly offload.
Fit with your target environment — lighting, floor type, congestion.
Expected maintenance load and downtime risk. Lower is better.
Long-horizon strategic upside — where the platform points 3+ years out.
Do not buy new—Go1 is end-of-life and unavailable from the manufacturer. The successor, Unitree Go2 (launched 2023), is cheaper (~$1,600 entry), adds 4D LiDAR, and remains in active production. Seek Go1 only if you already own one or need cheap used inventory for parts.
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When to deploy this.
- Classroom SLAM, gait-control curriculum in robotics programs for undergraduate labs
- Indoor human-robot interaction research and side-following algorithm validation
- Agility demonstrations and public engagement at university events and open houses
When to skip it.
- Entangles on vegetation and slips on flat outdoor terrain; unsuitable for unstructured field deployment without engineering reinforcement
- Battery runtime (1–2.5 hours) insufficient for full-shift surveillance or extended patrols
- Payload under 5 kg limits sensing payloads; no sensor/module swapping without custom mounting
What's verified, what's estimated.
Robofy separates manufacturer-confirmed facts from operator estimates. Anything not yet press-sourced or supplier-confirmed is tagged so you can decide how much weight to give it.
Launch pricing and specs from Unitree official shop (unitree.com) and Unitree Robotics datasheet; discontinuation status confirmed via RoboZaps (July 2026) and official unavailability notice; field durability issues from University of Colorado Correll Lab field trial (July 2024); variant-specific compute and sensor differences from TOD System and Wevolver spec sheets; battery/runtime data from IEEE Spectrum feature (Feb. 2023) and user manual; Go2 comparison from RoboZaps (July 2026).
From rollout to recharge.
- 01
Programmed patrol path
Operators record an inspection circuit through the site, marking sensor read points and risk zones.
- 02
Sensor sweep on schedule
Thermal, visual, and acoustic sensors capture readings on every patrol, indoors or outdoors.
- 03
Real-time alerts
Anomalies push to the on-call team's phone with timestamped imagery and location context.
- 04
Return & recharge
Short missions cycle quickly back to the dock; logs sync to the cloud for audit and trending.
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Scene preview · arriving in Phase 2
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