The engineering maestros at Munro Live, joined by the technical heavyweights from Schaeffler, have laid the Unitree G1 bare on the slab. This forensic teardown exposes the stark engineering compromises hidden within its joints, weighing up high-ratio, non-back-drivable strain wave gears against the cost-effective, back-drivable planetary systems Unitree ultimately settled on. As it happens, building a humanoid that won’t break the bank requires some properly tough calls once you get under the bonnet.
