# Unitree’s $4,370 AliExpress Robot Has No Hands — And That’s the Whole Story

- slug: unitrees-4370-aliexpress-robot-has-no-hands-and-thats-the-whole-story
- date: 2026-04-14
- category: Robotics

Unitree put a 1.23-meter humanoid on AliExpress for $4,370. It cannot hold a cup. The story is not the price — it is that 70% of these robots go to university labs, not homes.

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