ConstructionSmall four-legged robots

Low-cost robot dogs

Name: Low-cost robot dogs
Brand: Unitree and others

Small four-legged robots that cost a few thousand dollars, far less than industrial ones. The best known is Unitree's Go2 from China, which uses a laser scanner (lidar) to sense the ground and objects around it. Unitree Go2 product page

Stage 5 of 5

Regulator-cleared or mass market

Which rule placed it

Evidence: Independently reported
Human help: Not disclosed
Last milestone: 10 Aug 2026

01Can I get it?

Yes, in places

Where it works today: Sold online worldwide; Unitree alone sold more than 33,000 four-legged robots from 2023 to 2025. RTHK, 10 Aug 2026
Published price: Unitree Go2 from $1,600, before tax and shipping (2023 launch price; still listed from $1,600 in 2026, with Pro at $2,800 and X at $4,500) as of 19 July 2023 Automated Warehouse (WTWH Media), 19 July 2023
Human help: The maker hasn't said whether people help it remotely.

02Track record

What has actually happened

Every milestone is dated and links to the page it comes from. Lines marked company-reported rest on the maker's own word.

10 Aug 2026
Mass market · sets the stage
Unitree's stock-market filing showed it sold 33,294 four-legged robots from 2023 to 2025, as it opened its share sale in Shanghai.
RTHK, 10 Aug 2026
1 July 2026
Update
China's securities regulator approved Unitree's plan to list its shares on the stock market.
RTHK, 10 Aug 2026
25 Sept 2025
Setback
Security researchers found a flaw that let an attacker within wireless range take full control of Unitree's Go2 and B2 robot dogs and its humanoid robots. Unitree said it had fixed most of the problems.
IEEE Spectrum, 25 Sept 2025
19 July 2023
On sale
Unitree launched the Go2 robot dog with a starting price of $1,600.
Automated Warehouse (WTWH Media), 19 July 2023Company-reported

03Safety and incidents

What has gone wrong

25 Sept 2025
Researchers showed a wireless flaw that could give an attacker full control of Unitree Go2 and B2 robot dogs; Unitree said on 29 Sept 2025 that it had completed most fixes. IEEE Spectrum, 25 Sept 2025

How we placed it

The rule, not an opinion

Stages are worked out by published rules from the dated milestones above. We never rate robots, and no maker can pay to change a stage.

5
Regulator-cleared or mass marketThis robot
A regulator has cleared it where approval applies: FDA clearance or approval for a medical robot, a permit to run with no one aboard for a self-driving vehicle, or an FAA approval for routine drone flights. Or: Widely sold: sales in the hundreds of thousands, or a product category you can buy in ordinary shops.
Placed by: Unitree's stock-market filing showed it sold 33,294 four-legged robots from 2023 to 2025, as it opened its share sale in Shanghai (10 Aug 2026).
4
Paying customers
Delivered to customers who pay for it, beyond a trial, or a paid service the public can use.
3
Pilot
Working with a named customer in a real setting, as a trial.
2
Pre-orders
Orders, reservations or deposits taken, with nothing delivered yet.
1
Demo only
Shown in videos, staged events or a factory, with no units working for customers.

What we couldn't confirm. The 33,294 figure covers all Unitree four-legged robots, including industrial models, not only the Go2. Other makers (such as Xiaomi and Deep Robotics) were not researched for this card.

Sources

Cite this page

Robotics Verdict. “Low-cost robot dogs (Unitree and others): how far has it got?” roboticsverdict.com/robots/robot-dogs. Checked 19 October 2026.