Unitree H2 EDU PLUS BrainCo Revo 3 U21T Tactile Dexterous Hand — with SHF3L Camera

Few machines are asked to be forceful and delicate in the same working session, yet that is exactly what a full-size humanoid in a manipulation laboratory must do. The H2 EDU platform delivers up to 360 N.m of torque at its leg joints, while the BrainCo Revo 3 U21T hand registers contact at a sensitivity of 0.01 N. The Unitree H2 EDU PLUS BrainCo Revo 3 U21T Tactile Dexterous Hand — with SHF3L Camera puts both ends of that range into one body: a walking humanoid that can carry its own weight, and two hands that register the lightest contact as data. For research teams, the interest lies less in either extreme than in the span between them, and in what can be learnt when a single robot covers it.

Robots Middle East supplies this configuration to universities, research institutes, technology centres and system integrators across the Middle East. Our team prepares the quotation, coordinates delivery to your site and remains the point of contact for technical questions and after-sales support once the robot is in service.

Background

Unitree Robotics and the H2 line

Unitree Robotics built its reputation with agile legged robots before extending its range into humanoids for research, education and applied development. The H2 is the company's full-size humanoid, offered in several configurations, among them the H2, H2 EDU, H2 PLUS SMART and H2 PLUS ULTIMATE K Revo 3 U21T. The EDU designation generally signals a platform prepared for development work, where users write their own control and learning software rather than relying solely on factory behaviours. The PLUS designation brings additional perception and compute hardware to the platform.

BrainCo hands and Senyun wrist cameras

BrainCo is known for its work on dexterous prosthetic and robotic hands, and its Revo 3 family is offered in several variants: the Revo 3 U21, the tactile Revo 3 U21T and the visuo-tactile Revo 3 U21VT. This product uses the U21T, the variant whose defining feature is touch. In the H2 PLUS ULTIMATE K Revo 3 U21T configuration, the robot carries two BrainCo Revo 3 U21T hands, each paired with a Senyun SHF3L wrist camera. The camera sits close to the point of contact, so the hand sees its target from a short distance while the palm reports what it touches.

Technical Specifications

Specifications are as published by the manufacturer and are confirmed against the datasheet at quotation.

The manufacturer has not published the robot's top speed, its IP rating, the weight of the wrist cameras, a total weight for this specific configuration or a configuration-specific list of package contents; Robots Middle East confirms each of these at quotation.

What does the tactile U21T hand add over the non-tactile U21?

Both hands share the Revo 3 lineage, and the difference lies in what returns from the fingers. A non-tactile hand reports its joint positions and, through the camera, what the scene looks like; it cannot tell the controller directly how firmly an object is being held. The U21T adds a full-palm tactile array with a sensitivity of 0.01 N in the H2 PLUS ULTIMATE K Revo 3 U21T configuration. That turns contact into a measurable signal across the palm, not only at the fingertips.

For a research programme, this changes the questions that can be asked. Slip detection, grip-force regulation, handling of deformable or fragile items and in-hand repositioning all depend on knowing where and how hard the hand is touching. With 21 degrees of freedom per hand in the same configuration, the U21T offers both the articulation to reposition an object and the sensing to judge whether that repositioning is succeeding. A laboratory focused on vision-led grasping alone may find the non-tactile variant sufficient; one studying contact itself will want the tactile array.

How do the cameras and compute support manipulation research?

Touch tells the controller what is happening at the palm; cameras tell it what is about to happen. The H2 Plus carries a head stereo camera with a horizontal field of view of 140° ±3°, a vertical field of view of 102° ±3°, a global shutter and depth of field from 0.4 m to infinity, giving the robot a wide view of its working area. The H2 Plus wrist cameras offer, depending on version, 3 MP resolution, a 196° horizontal and 154° vertical field of view and a global shutter. In this product those wrist positions carry the Senyun SHF3L cameras, which watch the approach and the grasp from the hand's own perspective.

Fusing two stereo views, two wrist streams and two tactile palms in real time is computationally demanding. The H2 PLUS SMART carries a compute stack of Intel Core i5 and Core i7 processors alongside an NVIDIA Jetson Thor, with 2070 TFLOPS FP4 Sparse, a 2560-core Blackwell GPU and 128 GB LPDDR5X. Robots Middle East sets out the compute package for this EDU PLUS configuration in your quotation, so that your team plans its software around the hardware that will actually arrive. The H2 Plus also carries a microphone array and high-power speakers, which matter for spoken interaction studies.

Who is the Unitree H2 EDU PLUS with Revo 3 U21T hands for?

The clearest fit is a university or institute laboratory working on dexterous manipulation, tactile learning or embodied artificial intelligence, where a full-size humanoid with sensing hands is a research instrument in its own right. Robotics departments building data sets for imitation learning or reinforcement learning will value having touch, wrist vision and head vision recorded from the same platform. Corporate research and development teams evaluating humanoids for handling tasks form a second group, as do integrators preparing demonstrations for clients in logistics, manufacturing or services.

Some buyers will be better served by a sibling. Teams whose work is vision-led and does not require touch can consider the Unitree H2 EDU PLUS BrainCo Revo 3 U21 Dexterous Hand (NO TACTILE)— with SHF3L Sensing Camera. Those interested in combining visual and tactile sensing within the hand itself can compare the Unitree H2 EDU PLUS BrainCo Revo 3 U21V Visuo-Tactile Hand — with Sensing SHF3L Camera, and laboratories evaluating a different hand maker may look at the Unitree H2 EDU PLUS SharpaWave Dexterous Hand — with Sensing SHF3L Camera. Where only a single tactile hand is required, for instance as a spare or for bench testing, the Unitree H2-BrainCo Revo 3 U21T Tactile Dexterous Hand with RGB — Single Unit (Left or Right) is offered separately. The full range sits within the Unitree H2 EDU category.

What is the Unitree H2 EDU PLUS with Revo 3 U21T hands used for?

1. Tactile grasp research: studying grip force, slip and contact distribution across a sensing palm.
2. Learning from demonstration: collecting synchronised touch, wrist-camera and head-camera data for imitation learning.
3. Fragile and deformable handling: testing how a humanoid manages soft packaging, textiles or delicate components.
4. Human-robot interaction: combining manipulation with spoken exchange through the microphone array and speakers.
5. Teaching and curricula: giving graduate students a full-size platform for courses in control, perception and embodied AI.
6. Applied evaluation: trialling humanoid handling tasks before committing to a wider deployment programme.

Pricing and Availability

This configuration is supplied on quotation, because the hand variant, compute package, software support and training needs differ from one buyer to the next. Robots Middle East prepares a written quotation that sets out the configuration, services and training for your project. Delivery, customs and support are arranged together with the quotation, so that your institution receives a single, coherent proposal. To start the process, the quotation request is available on this page.

Frequently Asked Questions

How many hands does this configuration include?

The H2 PLUS ULTIMATE K Revo 3 U21T configuration carries two BrainCo Revo 3 U21T hands, each with a Senyun SHF3L wrist camera. Your quotation states the hand configuration for your order.

How sensitive is the tactile array?

Each hand has a full-palm tactile array with 0.01 N sensitivity. This allows very light contact to be registered across the palm.

How many degrees of freedom does the robot have?

The H2 EDU body has 31 degrees of freedom: 6 per leg, 7 per arm, 3 at the waist and 2 at the head. Each Revo 3 U21T hand has 21 degrees of freedom.

What battery does the H2 EDU use?

The H2 EDU uses a 15 Ah (0.972 kWh) battery. Our team can advise on charging arrangements for your laboratory.

Can the robot take part in spoken interaction?

The H2 Plus carries a microphone array and high-power speakers. This makes it suitable for studies that combine manipulation with spoken exchange.

How does the robot connect to a laboratory network?

The H2 EDU offers Wi-Fi 6 and Bluetooth 5.2. Integration with your own infrastructure can be discussed with our team before delivery.

Where can I buy the Unitree H2 EDU PLUS with Revo 3 U21T hands and what does it cost?

Robots Middle East supplies this configuration across the Middle East on a quotation basis. The cost depends on the chosen configuration and services, and is set out in the written quotation you can request on this page.

Summary

The value of this humanoid lies in its range: a body built for joint torque measured in hundreds of newton-metres, and hands that register contact at a hundredth of a newton. Between those extremes sit wide-angle stereo vision, wrist cameras close to the grasp and, on the PLUS platforms, substantial onboard compute. For laboratories that want to study how strength, sight and touch combine in one machine, Robots Middle East prepares the configuration, arranges delivery and stays on hand for support, and this page is the starting point.