Education & Research
SDK: OPENROS 2 NATIVEISAAC SIM + MUJOCO

Unitree EDU robotics platforms for South African schools, colleges and universities EDU .

From first boot to published research: real Unitree hardware for South African classrooms, colleges and labs. Budgeted in Rand, imported officially, supported by the people who set it up.

Who we equip

Four tracks, one fleet.

The same platforms scale from a school demo to a doctoral thesis. Pick the track and we spec the configuration.

01 — Universities & Research

The hardware the papers run on.

Full SDK access, low-level joint control, perception streams and sim twins. Sim-to-real RL, teleoperation and dataset work on G1 and Go2 EDU.

G1 EDU from R 453,250 Go2 EDU from R 105,000
02 — TVET & Colleges

Mechatronics that survives teaching

Go2 EDU plus the Z1 arm covers locomotion, perception and manipulation practicals that map onto NATED and NCV outcomes. Python and C++ on one bench.

Z1 arm
03 — Schools & STEM

The demo that fills a coding club

App control on day one, block coding next, Python when learners are ready. Safe-handling guidance ships with every unit.

04 — Corporate R&D

Prove embodied AI before you buy the fleet.

Proof-of-concept programmes on Go2, G1 or B2: teleoperation data collection, integration trials and a clear path from pilot to deployment.

Scope a pilot
The EDU difference

What an EDU configuration unlocks.

LICENSE: SECONDARY DEVELOPMENT
ControlLow-level joint API: torque, position, velocity
PerceptionRaw LiDAR, depth and camera streams
SimulationIsaac Sim + MuJoCo digital twins
MiddlewareROS 2 on native DDS transport
ComputeOnboard Jetson expansion up to 100 TOPS
SupportPriority first-line, firmware + parts, ZA
The benchmark

China made robots a school subject.

The world leader in robotics did not start on the factory floor. It started in Grade 3. A decade of curriculum mandates built the talent pipeline that now installs more robots than the rest of the world combined, and Unitree, the brand we distribute, is the export of that system.

Global robot installations, 202454%
Robots in service, first country ever2M+
Of global humanoid installs, 202580%+
Universities with AI degrees626
Universities with robotics majors393
STEM graduates per year~3.5M
The curriculum ladder China runs
2017
National AI plan orders school AI courses

The State Council's New Generation AI Development Plan puts AI and programming into primary and secondary schools as national strategy.

2022
Compulsory subject, Grades 1 to 9

Information Science and Technology becomes a standalone compulsory course nationwide, with AI content embedded from age six.

2024
Universal AI education by 2030

Ministry of Education notice: every primary and secondary school teaching AI, from hands-on experience in early primary to AI project creation in senior high.

2025
Hard hour mandates arrive

Beijing requires a minimum of 8 class hours of AI per year in every grade. Hangzhou, home of Unitree, mandates 10. Grade 3 covers AI basics; Grade 5 covers agents and algorithms; high school builds robotics projects.

2026
AI becomes a basic university course

The AI + Education Action Plan makes AI a basic public course at universities and targets AI literacy across every education stage.

Sources: IFR World Robotics 2025, China Ministry of Education notices 2022 to 2026, Beijing and Hangzhou municipal mandates 2025, Morgan Stanley humanoid market data 2025.

The South African catch-up

SA has the subject.
Now it needs the hardware.

Coding and Robotics is a gazetted CAPS subject for Grades R to 9 since June 2024, with robotics skills as one of its five study areas. But rollout is optional and capacity-dependent from 2026, and South Africa produces about 32,000 key STEM graduates a year against China's 3.5 million. The gap does not close with worksheets. It closes with real robots in real classrooms.

CAPS-aligned hardware

Go2 demos map onto the robotics-skills study area from Grade 4; block coding first, Python when learners are ready.

Guidance, not a crate

Every school order ships with orientation material, safe-handling guidance and the official Unitree learning resources. We help where we can.

A ladder that does not dead-end

The same ecosystem scales from a coding club to TVET benches to the G1 research platforms SA universities publish on.

Budgeted in Rand

Lab bundles, 30-day quotations and tender documentation for school governing bodies and departments.

Go2: the classroom entry point
Lab bundles

One click, whole lab.

Curated kits quoted and shipped as one order. Add the whole bundle to your cart and one request issues one quotation for procurement.

Schools · coding clubs · demos STEM Classroom Kit

A Go2 EDU-U1 that grows from app lessons and block coding into first Python, plus the spare battery and the self-charging mat it supports. Charging mat works with Go2-X and EDU models.

Unitree Go2 — Go2 EDU-U1 R 105,000
Unitree Go2 Long-Life Battery (UG2LF-Bat) R 10,499
Unitree Charging Mat R 17,999
Bundle total ex VAT R 133,498
Undergraduate robotics · years 1-3 Locomotion Lab

The Go2 EDU-U2 tier with full SDK, a spare long-life battery and the charging mat. Enough runtime for a full prac day.

Unitree Go2 — Go2 EDU-U2 R 148,750
Unitree Go2 Long-Life Battery (UG2LF-Bat) R 10,499
Unitree Charging Mat R 17,999
Bundle total ex VAT R 177,248
TVET · mechatronics · colleges Perception & Manipulation Lab

Go2 EDU locomotion, LiDAR perception and a 6-DOF arm on one bench: the full mechatronics syllabus in hardware.

Unitree Go2 — Go2 EDU-U1 R 105,000
Unitree 4D LiDAR L2 R 7,332.50
Unitree Z1 — Z1 Air R 115,500
Bundle total ex VAT R 227,832.50
Departments entering humanoids · service robotics R1 Humanoid Starter Lab

The compact R1 in its EDU configuration with full SDK access, plus the spare battery we recommend with every robot: one pack charges while the other teaches.

Unitree R1 — R1 EDU-U1 R 183,750
Unitree R1 Battery R 8,750
Bundle total ex VAT R 192,500
Postgraduate · teleoperation · embodied AI Humanoid Teleoperation Lab

The G1 EDU-U2 (extended DOF, full SDK) paired with the PICO VR kit: the teleoperation and demonstration-data setup, priced as one order.

Unitree G1 — G1edu-U2 R 558,250
PICO VR Remote Operation Kit R 35,000
Bundle total ex VAT R 593,250
Dexterous hands · tactile research Manipulation Research Lab

Our university recommendation for hands research: the G1 EDU-U6 with tactile five-finger hands, plus the PICO kit for demonstration capture.

Unitree G1 — G1edu-U6 R 838,250
PICO VR Remote Operation Kit R 35,000
Bundle total ex VAT R 873,250
The first semester

How departments get from unboxing to research.

01 / WEEK 1
Unbox + safety

Your robot arrives with orientation material covering safe handling, batteries and the e-stop drill. We are a call away for setup questions.

02 / WEEKS 2-3
Simulate first

Cohorts start in Isaac Sim or MuJoCo twins: same API, zero risk to hardware.

03 / WEEKS 4-6
First code on hardware

High-level locomotion API in Python, then ROS 2 nodes on the native DDS bus.

04 / WEEKS 7-10
Perception projects

LiDAR mapping, vision pipelines and person-following on live sensor streams.

05 / EXAM BLOCK
Low-level research

Joint-level control, RL policies sim-to-real, and the write-up. We stay on call.

Procurement friendly

Built for university and government purchasing.

30-day formal quotations Tender documentation ZAR invoicing, local entity Orientation guidance included
Questions

Education, answered.

Schools run the Go2 Air or Pro with the app and block coding. Undergraduate labs need Go2 EDU for SDK access. Postgraduate and research groups work on the G1 EDU ladder, with U6 or U8 recommended where dexterous hands matter. Embodied-AI data collection runs on the G1-D with the PICO teleoperation kit.
Yes. We issue formal quotations valid for 30 days, support tender documentation, and invoice in Rand from a South African entity, so procurement never handles foreign exchange or imports.
We are the distributor, not a training academy: our job is getting you genuine hardware at the right ZAR price. Every delivery ships with orientation and safe-handling guidance, pointers into Unitree's official docs, SDKs and simulators, and we help where we can with setup questions as your first line of support.
Yes. Unitree publishes simulation twins for Isaac Sim and MuJoCo plus open SDKs on GitHub, so cohorts develop and test gaits in simulation before running them on the robot.
Standard Unitree warranty applies (8 to 18 months by configuration) and is handled locally by us. Wear from normal teaching use is repairable: we stock parts and do repairs in George.
Next step

Book a departmental demo.

Tell us your course outcomes and budget. We walk you through the hardware, live or on video, and leave you with a tier recommendation and a formal quotation in Rand.

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