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Rainbow Robotics RB-Y1 vs Unitree H1

Generated from the registry · revision 2026-09-26 · openness out of 100

Rainbow Robotics RB-Y1 is 40 cm shorter (140 vs 180 cm) and 84 kg heavier (131 vs 47 kg) than Unitree H1. Rainbow Robotics RB-Y1 has 3 fewer degrees of freedom (20 vs 23) than Unitree H1. Openness score: Rainbow Robotics RB-Y1 30, Unitree H1 40 (of 100); only Unitree H1 publishes POL. Availability for both: buy.

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FieldRainbow RoboticsRainbow Robotics RB-Y1Unitree RoboticsUnitree H1Δ first − second
Identity
Maker (differs)Rainbow RoboticsUnitree Robotics
Class (differs)Wheeled humanoidHumanoid
StatusActiveActive
AvailabilityBuyBuy
Country (differs)South KoreaChina
Year (differs)20242023
Specifications
Height (differs)140cm180cm−40 cm (-22%)
Mass (differs)131kg47kg+84 kg (+179%)
Degrees of freedom (differs)2023−3 (-13%)
Payload3kg—unsourced
Top speed (differs)1.5m/s3.3m/s−1.8 m/s (-55%)
Runtime—unsourced—unsourced
Battery capacity (differs)1,250Wh864Wh+386 Wh (+45%)
Price—unsourced—unsourced
Actuators (differs)Rainbow in-house joint modulesUnitree in-house electric joint motors
Compute (differs)Dual-PC (real-time robot PC + user PC with ROS 2)Intel Core i5 standard; i7 or Jetson Orin NX optional
Sensors (differs)Built-in wrist force/torque sensors (v1.2); optional camera3D LiDAR, depth camera
Openness and provenance
Openness bar3040
Openness score (differs)30/ 10040/ 100−10
CAD (25)not publicnot public
Bill of materials (20)not publicnot public
Sim model (URDF/MJCF) (20)publicpublic
Firmware (15)not publicnot public
Software (10)publicpublic
Trained policies (10) (differs)not publicpublic
Verification levelL2L2
Sources22
Last checked2026-09-242026-09-24

A dash is an unsourced figure, not zero. Sources for each robot are listed on its spec sheet: Rainbow Robotics RB-Y1, Unitree H1.

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