Schools, Grade R to 12
Coding and Robotics on a real robot: teacher-led demonstrations in Grade R to 6, block coding next, Python when learners are ready.
- Demonstrations fromR 32,375
- STEM Classroom KitR 133,498
Robotics education · South Africa
Unitree EDU robotics platforms for South African schools, colleges and universities: Real robots. Ready to teach.
We supply Unitree robots to South African schools, colleges and universities, and stay with you until you teach with them: a plan for your grade or course, lab kits priced in Rand, a 16-hour educator bootcamp, and support from the people who set them up.
- Official Unitree distributor in South Africa
- Mapped to CAPS Coding and Robotics, Grade R to 9
- 30-day Rand quotations and tender documents
Who do you teach?
Start with your learners.
Choose your level. Each door opens the navigator with your level already chosen, and shows the kits that fit.
TVET colleges
Mechatronics practicals on one bench: locomotion, LiDAR mapping and a six-axis robot arm, in Python and ROS 2.
- Perception and Manipulation LabR 227,832.50
Universities and research
Full SDK, ROS 2 and simulation twins: from first-year labs to sim-to-real research on the humanoid the papers use.
- Locomotion LabR 177,248
- G1 EDU fromR 441,000
Districts and departments
One hub serving ten schools reaches about 600 learners a year. Start with a measured 90-day pilot, then size the rollout.
From choosing to teaching
Four steps, and we are with you for each one.
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Choose
Tell the navigator who you teach and what learners should be able to do. It recommends a robot at today’s Rand price, with a teaching ladder from Grade R to PhD and a course outline.
Plan your lab Watch how (2:03) -
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Order
Add a lab kit to your cart, or ask for a formal quotation in Rand, valid for 30 days, with tender documents. Stocked models typically arrive 4 to 6 weeks after payment.
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Train
Two educators complete the 16-hour bootcamp (operate and supervise, teach and adapt, connect and troubleshoot, deliver and assess) and get a ready-to-teach sign-off before the first class.
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Teach and measure
Run lessons and robot sessions behind a six-point safety checklist, and judge the first 90 days on six measures before you decide on more.
The 90-day pilot
MCM Educator
The platform behind the programme.
MCM Educator is where steps 3 and 4 happen: the bootcamp and its ready-to-teach sign-off, classes with picture sign-in on class tablets, the grid lab, robot sessions behind the safety checklist, and the measured 90-day pilot. Learners’ names stay with their school.
Until the legal review is done, it runs as a demonstration platform with made-up schools: an approved registration gives you your own login to it.
Watch: how to register (1:34)
Lab kits
One order, a whole lab.
Curated kits, quoted and shipped as one order. Add a kit to your cart and one request issues one quotation for procurement. Prices are in Rand, ex VAT, at today’s exchange rate; freight, customs and VAT are itemised on the quotation.
Schools and coding clubs
Teacher-led demonstrations from R 32,375. If learners will write code, start with a Go2-X (R 78,750) or an EDU tier: the base Go2 Air and Pro run the app only and cannot be upgraded. Plan for your grade
Schools · coding clubs · district hubs
STEM Classroom Kit
A Go2 EDU Standard that grows from app lessons and block coding into first Python, plus the spare battery and the self-charging mat it supports.
Watch the kit (1:25)- Unitree Go2 — Go2 EDU StandardR 105,000
- Unitree Go2 Long-Life Battery (UG2LF-Bat)R 10,499
- Unitree Charging MatR 17,999
Kit total ex VATR 133,498
TVET colleges
Locomotion, perception and manipulation practicals on one bench, in Python and ROS 2. Plan for TVET
TVET · mechatronics · colleges
Perception and Manipulation Lab
Go2 EDU locomotion, LiDAR perception and a 6-DOF arm on one bench: the full mechatronics syllabus in hardware.
Watch the kit (1:27)- Unitree Go2 — Go2 EDU StandardR 105,000
- Unitree 4D LiDAR L2R 7,332.50
- Unitree Z1 — Z1 Air (no gripper)R 115,500
Kit total ex VATR 227,832.50
Universities and research
Full SDK, ROS 2 and simulation twins in Isaac Sim and MuJoCo. Undergraduate labs start with the Go2 EDU (R 105,000) or the Locomotion Lab; postgraduate research works on the G1 EDU from R 441,000. Plan for undergraduate Plan for postgraduate
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Undergraduate robotics · years 1–3
Locomotion Lab
The Go2 EDU Smart tier with full SDK, a spare long-life battery and the charging mat. Enough runtime for a full prac day.
Watch the kit (1:25)- Unitree Go2 — Go2 EDU SmartR 148,750
- Unitree Go2 Long-Life Battery (UG2LF-Bat)R 10,499
- Unitree Charging MatR 17,999
Kit total ex VATR 177,248
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.
Watch the kit (1:29)- Unitree R1 — R1 EDU StandardR 183,750
- Unitree R1 BatteryR 7,000
Kit total ex VATR 190,750
Postgraduate · teleoperation · embodied AI
Humanoid Teleoperation Lab
The G1 EDU Plus (extended DOF, full SDK) paired with the PICO VR kit: the teleoperation and demonstration-data setup, priced as one order.
Watch the kit (1:31)- Unitree G1 — G1 EDU PlusR 546,000
- PICO VR Remote Operation KitR 35,000
Kit total ex VATR 581,000
Dexterous hands · tactile research
Manipulation Research Lab
Our university recommendation for hands research: the G1 EDU Ultimate with tactile five-finger hands, plus the PICO kit for demonstration capture.
Watch the kit (1:27)- Unitree G1 — G1 EDU Ultimate FR 743,750
- PICO VR Remote Operation KitR 35,000
Kit total ex VATR 778,750
What the EDU tier unlocks
- Control
- Low-level joint API: torque, position and velocity
- Perception
- Raw LiDAR, depth and camera streams
- Simulation
- Isaac Sim and MuJoCo digital twins
- Middleware
- ROS 2 on native DDS transport
- Compute
- On-board Jetson expansion up to 100 TOPS
- Support
- Priority first-line, firmware and parts, in South Africa
Your first semester
- Week 1: unbox and safety. Your robot arrives with orientation material covering safe handling, batteries and the e-stop drill. We are a call away for setup questions.
- Weeks 2–3: simulate first. Cohorts start in Isaac Sim or MuJoCo twins: same API, zero risk to hardware.
- Weeks 4–6: first code on hardware. High-level locomotion API in Python, then ROS 2 nodes on the native DDS bus.
- Weeks 7–10: perception projects. LiDAR mapping, vision pipelines and person-following on live sensor streams.
- Exam block: low-level research. Joint-level control, RL policies sim-to-real, and the write-up. We stay on call.
Students can simulate before they touch the hardware: Unitree publishes twins for Isaac Sim and MuJoCo, with open SDKs on GitHub.
Why now
South Africa has the subject. Now it needs the robots.
Coding and Robotics has been a gazetted CAPS subject for Grade R to 9 since June 2024, with robotics skills as one of its five study areas. But rollout is optional and depends on capacity 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.
- 54%of global robot installations, 2024 (China)
- 393Chinese universities with robotics majors
- ~3.5MSTEM graduates a year in China
How 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.
- 54%
- Global robot installations, 2024
- 2M+
- Robots in service, first country ever
- 80%+
- Of global humanoid installs, 2025
- 626
- Universities with AI degrees
- 393
- Universities with robotics majors
- ~3.5M
- STEM graduates per year
- 2017National 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.
- 2022Compulsory subject, Grades 1 to 9
Information Science and Technology becomes a standalone compulsory course nationwide, with AI content embedded from age six.
- 2024Universal 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.
- 2025Hard 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.
- 2026AI 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.
Questions
Education, answered.
No. In Grade R to 6 the robot is a teacher-led demonstration run from the app. Block coding comes next, and Python when learners are ready. The 16-hour bootcamp takes two educators from unboxing to a rehearsed first lesson. Unitree robots are always operated by a trained adult: learners program, adults operate.
Our activities are mapped to CAPS Coding and Robotics for Grade R to 9, including the robotics-skills study area, and the navigator shows the mapping activity by activity. For TVET colleges and universities we map to the college syllabus or your course outcomes.
Yes. The educator bootcamp is 16 hours in four modules: operate and supervise, teach and adapt, connect and troubleshoot, deliver and assess. It ends with a ready-to-teach sign-off, recorded on MCM Educator. Every delivery also ships with orientation and safe-handling guidance, and we stay a call away.
Schools start with a Go2 for demonstrations, or a Go2-X or an EDU tier once learners write code. TVET colleges add LiDAR and the Z1 arm. Undergraduate labs need the Go2 EDU for SDK access, and postgraduate research works on the G1 EDU ladder, with the EDU Ultimate F where tactile hands matter. The navigator recommends one for your level and purpose.
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.
Yes. Book a demonstration in George or Midrand, or a virtual one. Before a full rollout, a measured 90-day pilot with one class shows learning and running cost on six measures, so you decide on evidence.
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
See it move.
Book a demonstration in George or Midrand, or a virtual one. Tell us who you teach and your budget, and we leave you with a recommendation and a formal quotation in Rand.