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A humanoid opens preorders at under seven thousand dollars

development2026-04-13

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Unitree opened preorders for its R1 AIR humanoid at $6,806, while China's second robot marathon ran with roughly 40% of teams fully autonomous and top machines clocking around ten seconds per hundred metres.

Reported metric: $6,806

Reporting date: 2026-04-13 (not necessarily the event date)

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Welcome to April 13, 2026 (theinnermostloop.substack.com)

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A humanoid opens preorders at under seven thousand dollars
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Reporting date: 2026-04-13
KB permalink: https://nicholsn.github.io/innermost-loop-kb/developments/2026-04-13-a-humanoid-for-6806-dollars
Claim: Unitree opened preorders for its R1 AIR humanoid at $6,806, while China's second robot marathon ran with roughly 40% of teams fully autonomous and top machines clocking around ten seconds per hundred metres.
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- Welcome to April 13, 2026 — https://theinnermostloop.substack.com/p/welcome-to-april-13-2026
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