Unitree Robotics Unveils Affordable Bipedal Humanoid Robot, R1

China’s Unitree Robotics has unveiled its latest innovation: the R1, a lightweight, bipedal humanoid robot that integrates advanced multimodal large language model capabilities, including speech and image recognition. Priced at Ksh.719,000 ($5,566), the R1 is significantly more affordable than its predecessor, the G1, which launched in 2024 at around Ksh.1.7…