Compare 3 humanoids
Hiwonder AiNex, Hiwonder TonyPi Pro, Unitree Robotics R1 Air compared on the things that decide a purchase: price, capability, what actually ships, and estimated costs to your destination.
Delivered price, head to head
Base-machine prices delivered to Germany, by the cheapest route on record.
Hiwonder
AiNex
€1,693
to €2,433 landed
Hiwonder
TonyPi Pro
€1,866
to €2,606 landed
Unitree Robotics
R1 Air
€6,189
to €6,929 landed
Delivered to Germany: the import estimate (machine plus freight, VAT (19%), robot duty, and broker), or a seller in your own market where one lists the machine for less. Accessories excluded. Check configuration and request a seller quote on each robot's datasheet.
The lowest estimates overlap. A seller quote is needed to establish which machine costs less.
Compare the details
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| Specification |  Hiwonder AiNex |  Hiwonder TonyPi Pro |  Unitree Robotics R1 Air |
|---|---|---|---|
| Priced configuration | See seller configuration | See seller configuration | R1 Air |
| Listed price | $729.99 | $889.99 | $4,900 |
| Class | Hobby | Hobby | Dev / demo |
| Who can buy | Consumer | Consumer | Consumer |
| Status | Shipping now | Shipping now | Shipping now |
| Capability rating | 3/5 | 2/5 | 3/5 |
| Maturity rating | 5/5 | 5/5 | 5/5 |
| Origin | China | China | China |
| Size class | Desktop | Desktop | Compact |
| Height | 41.5 cm / 1 ft 4 in | 37.3 cm / 1 ft 3 in | 123 cm / 4 ft 0 in |
| Footprint (W x D) | 16 x 11 cm | 18.6 x 10.6 cm | 36 x 19 cm |
| Weight | 2.45 kg | 1.8 kg | 27 kg |
| Degrees of freedom | 20 | 20 | 20 |
| Battery (listed) | Not published | 60 min | 60 min |
| Payload (listed) | Not published | Not published | Not published |
| Hands | Hands sold separately | Grippers, not dexterous hands | No hands, none offered |
| Out of the box | Walks with self-stabilizing inverse kinematics, follows lines, tracks objects, and grasps (Standard Kit), controlled from a phone app or gamepad. Works day one without programming. | Polished toy-grade demos day one: walking, color recognition, target tracking, ball kicking, gesture control, and voice interaction with a multimodal LLM. Fun out of the box with zero programming. | A genuinely agile walking robot day one: remote and app teleop, pre-trained demo motions (dancing, kung-fu), and onboard voice-and-image AI interaction. But on the base and Air tiers, that is all it will ever do, because development is locked. |
| Development access | Real ROS with Python, OpenCV, and Gazebo simulation. Hobby servos and Pi compute cap research use, but it is genuine ROS, not a toy app. | Python SDK on the Pi with OpenCV and open tutorials. NOT ROS-based (the ROS Hiwonder humanoid is AiNex). Firmly a hobby and classroom robot. | Two-class system: R1 Air and R1 are closed consumer units with no secondary development. The R1 EDU unlocks Unitree SDK2, ROS 2, and a Jetson Orin NX. |
| Best for | Classrooms and self-learners who want to teach ROS and inverse kinematics on a real walking biped. | K-12 STEM programs and hobbyists who want fun AI demos out of the box. | Anyone who wants an affordable, genuinely walking humanoid for demos, events, or a first taste of the category. |
| Listing checked | 2026-09-09: sources for Hiwonder AiNex | 2026-09-09: sources for Hiwonder TonyPi Pro | 2026-09: sources for Unitree Robotics R1 Air |
Listed prices may cover different configurations and tax terms. Use the delivered estimates above for your destination. Battery and payload figures are manufacturer specifications, not results from a shared test.
AiNex
In the box
- Pre-assembled biped
- Raspberry Pi 5 (2GB in the entry Starter Kit)
- 120-degree HD camera
- 11.1V 3500 mAh LiPo battery
- Charger
- ROS-based software stack
Not included
- Gripper hands on the Starter Kit (Standard Kit only)
- Torque-controlled actuators (hobby serial-bus servos only)
- Research-grade capability
TonyPi Pro
In the box
- Assembled humanoid with 18 serial-bus servos
- Raspberry Pi 5
- HD camera
- Open/close hands (2 DOF)
- Battery and charger
- Tutorials
Not included
- ROS (TonyPi uses Hiwonder's own Python SDK, not ROS)
- Research-grade actuators
- OpenAI API credits for the ChatGPT features (bring your own key)
R1 Air
In the box
- R1 Air robot (20 joints)
- 1x quick-swap battery (~1h)
- Handheld remote controller
- Charger
Not included
- SDK / secondary development (base is explicitly locked)
- Dexterous hands or grippers (arms end in fixed stubs)
- Jetson GPU compute (8-core CPU only)
- Spare battery
- Charging dock
- Task autonomy
What the evidence tells you
- Highest capability rating
- AiNex and R1 Air share 3/5 (tied).
- Highest maturity rating
- AiNex, TonyPi Pro, and R1 Air share 5/5 (tied).
- Lowest listed weight
- TonyPi Pro: 1.8 kg.
Capability and maturity are editorial ratings based on specifications and sales availability. They do not measure reliability, autonomy, or performance on your task. Each datasheet shows the scoring factors.