Unitree R1-A7-D Smart G Humanoid Robot

Precision and mobility usually pull a robot in opposite directions: the steadier the arm, the more firmly it tends to be bolted down. The Unitree R1-A7-D Smart G Humanoid Robot is designed to offer both. Its upper body carries arms rated for ±0.1 mm at the end clamp, yet the whole torso sits on a wheeled base with a powered lifting column. It can leave one workstation, cross the room and rise to meet the next. In the Smart G configuration, the arms end in LinkerBot O6 Tactile (RGB) hands with tactile sensors and a wrist RGB camera, and a 40 TOPS Orin Nano joins the onboard computers. It does not walk. It rolls, lifts and reaches.

Robots Middle East supplies the Unitree R1-A7-D Smart G to universities, research centres, system integrators and corporate innovation teams across the Middle East. Robots Middle East prepares the quotation for the exact configuration, arranges delivery to your site and provides support once the robot is in service. You therefore have a single point of contact from the first enquiry to the first experiment.

Background

Unitree Robotics and the R1 family

Unitree Robotics built its reputation on legged machines, first quadrupeds and then full-size humanoids. It has consistently aimed capable platforms at research and education buyers. The R1 family takes a different direction. The sources describe it as a torso rather than a walking humanoid. The R1-A7 is the desk-mount version, intended for a fixed station. The R1-A7-D mounts the torso on a wheeled mobile base with a powered lifting column and a chassis LiDAR for mobile manipulation. The sources also name R1-A5 and R1-A5-D versions. The R1-A7-D itself is offered in Smart A to H and Ultimate A to H configurations.

What the Smart G configuration brings

Within the R1-A7-D range, the Smart configurations add a 40 TOPS Orin Nano to the robot's own compute. That compute consists of an 8-core CPU in the body and an 8-core CPU with 10 TOPS in the head. In the manufacturer's configuration table, Smart G is listed with the LinkerBot O6 Tactile (RGB), a 6-DOF hand with tactile sensors and a wrist RGB camera. The robot can therefore perceive what it holds in two complementary ways: by sight, close to the fingers, and by contact, at the fingers. The additional compute leaves room to run perception and learning models on board rather than on a tethered workstation.

Technical Specifications

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

Unitree has not published the IP rating, the operating temperature range, the top speed, the shoulder torque, the waist range or the package contents for the Smart G; these are confirmed at quotation.

What does the R1-A7-D add over the desk-mount R1-A7?

The difference is reach in the widest sense. A desk-mount R1-A7 works where it is placed. The R1-A7-D adds a telescopic pillar for height adjustment, a 2-DOF wheeled base for omnidirectional navigation and a chassis LiDAR for perceiving its surroundings. Collapsed, it measures 683 x 520 x 440 mm. Raised, it reaches 1,600 mm. With that range, one robot can serve a low trolley, a standard bench and a higher shelf without being re-mounted, and the 555 mm arms extend its working envelope at each height. The count of degrees of freedom rises accordingly: the R1-A7-D is listed at 20 with the wheeled chassis, or 22 counting the grippers.

The trade-offs follow from the hardware. The R1-A7-D weighs about 32 kg, so it should be moved and handled as a substantial piece of laboratory equipment rather than a desktop device. Power comes from a removable chassis battery as standard, rated at about 1.5 h, plus an external supply. Long sessions should therefore be planned around battery changes or a station where the external supply can be connected. For teams whose work happens at a single bench, the desk-mount R1-A7 remains the simpler choice. For teams whose work moves between stations, the mobile base is the reason to choose the R1-A7-D.

Why do tactile hands and a wrist camera matter?

A head camera sees the scene well until the moment of grasp, when the hand itself hides the object. The binocular head camera on the R1-A7-D provides 1280 x 720 RGB at 30 Hz and 544 x 448 depth at 10 Hz across a 146° by 124° field of view, which suits locating objects and planning an approach. The wrist RGB camera on the Smart G hand then takes over at close range, where the decisive adjustments are made. The tactile sensors add what no camera can provide: the confirmation that contact has occurred, and where.

For research in dexterous manipulation and robot learning, that layered sensing is valuable in itself. Demonstrations and trial runs record the scene, the view from the wrist and the contact signals together, which gives learning models a richer picture of each grasp. The mechanical design supports repeatable data: crossed-roller and deep-groove ball bearings, dual encoders on the arm joints, hollow internal wiring and local air cooling. With the 40 TOPS Orin Nano alongside the head and body processors, more of that processing can stay on the robot.

Who is the Unitree R1-A7-D Smart G for?

The clearest fit is the university or research centre working on embodied AI, manipulation or robot learning, where tactile hands and a wrist camera turn each experiment into a richer dataset. System integrators form a second group: they can use the mobile base and lifting column to prototype tasks that span several workstations before committing to a fixed cell. Corporate innovation teams and technology showcases are a third, as the microphone array and speakers allow spoken interaction alongside manipulation. Teaching laboratories make up a fourth, because full secondary development support lets students write and test their own control and perception software.

Buyers whose projects do not call for tactile sensing or a wrist camera may prefer to compare the other configurations in the R1-A7-D Smart range, such as the Unitree R1-A7-D Smart A Humanoid Robot, the Unitree R1-A7-D Smart B Humanoid Robot or the Unitree R1-A7-D Smart F Humanoid Robot. Robots Middle East will confirm the hand and equipment of each configuration with the quotation. Where every task sits at one bench, the desk-mount R1-A7 deserves consideration.

What is the Unitree R1-A7-D Smart G used for?

1. Embodied AI research: a mobile, height-adjustable platform for testing perception and manipulation models on real hardware.
2. Demonstration data collection: recording head, wrist and tactile signals together for imitation and reinforcement learning.
3. Tactile grasping studies: investigating grip force, slip and contact with the sensor-equipped LinkerBot O6 hands.
4. Multi-station laboratory tasks: rolling between benches, trolleys and shelves and adjusting height for each.
5. Human–robot interaction: combining speech through the microphone array and speakers with physical hand-overs.
6. Robotics education and software development: teaching control, navigation and perception through full secondary development support.

Pricing and Availability

Robots Middle East quotes the Unitree R1-A7-D Smart G for the configuration and application you describe, so the offer reflects the hands, compute and accessories you actually need. Delivery, customs and support are arranged with the quotation. The quotation is also the point at which the unpublished specifications and the package contents are confirmed against the datasheet. To begin, the quotation request is available on this page.

Frequently Asked Questions

Does the Unitree R1-A7-D Smart G walk?

No. It is a torso on a wheeled mobile base with a powered lifting column, and it moves by rolling rather than walking.

Which hands does the Smart G configuration use?

The Smart G is fitted with the LinkerBot O6 Tactile (RGB), a 6-DOF hand with tactile sensors and a wrist RGB camera.

How high can the robot work?

Collapsed, the R1-A7-D measures 683 x 520 x 440 mm, and the lifting column raises it to 1,600 mm. Each arm measures 555 mm from forearm to upper arm.

How long does the battery last?

The removable chassis battery is rated at about 1.5 h, and the robot can also run from an external supply.

What computing power is on board?

The robot carries an 8-core CPU in the body and an 8-core CPU with 10 TOPS in the head. The Smart configurations add a 40 TOPS Orin Nano.

Can we develop our own software for it?

Yes. The manufacturer provides full secondary development support, so research and integration teams can build their own control, perception and application software.

Where can I buy the Unitree R1-A7-D Smart G and what does it cost?

Robots Middle East supplies the robot across the Middle East and prepares a quotation for your configuration. The cost is set out in that quotation, together with delivery, customs and support.

Summary

The Unitree R1-A7-D Smart G is built to reconcile precision with mobility. Its arms are rated for ±0.1 mm at the end clamp, while the wheeled base, lifting column and chassis LiDAR take that precision from one workstation to the next. Tactile LinkerBot O6 hands with wrist cameras and a 40 TOPS Orin Nano add close-range sensing and on-board processing to the grasp. For laboratories, integrators and teaching teams in the Middle East who want dexterous manipulation that is not confined to a single bench, a quotation from Robots Middle East is the next step, and this page is the starting point.