Unitree G1
Bipedal humanoid robot by Unitree Robotics, designed as a compact research, development, and developer platform.
Applications
- Research
- Home Assistance
librealsense is an open-source C++ library with Python/.NET bindings, forming the core of Intel RealSense SDK 2.0. The github.com/IntelRealSense/librealsense repository contains all source code, samples, diagnostic tools (rs-fw-update, rs-enumerate-devices), and the Intel RealSense Viewer.
The architecture is layered: rsutils (utilities), librealsense2 (core API), librealsense2-net (network transport), librealsense2-gl (OpenGL pointcloud rendering). The library supports all active Intel camera models: D415, D435, D435i, D455, D456, D421, D405, L515, and T265 (legacy).
librealsense is the foundation for ROS 2 wrappers (realsense-ros), Python (pyrealsense2), Node.js, MATLAB, and Unity. All code is Apache 2.0. For Linux, official Intel apt packages are available (deb.intelrealsense.com) with prebuilt binaries and kernel modules (UVC video, HID IMU).
An API Library is a software package that exposes programmatic interfaces for communicating with a device, service, or system. In robotics it typically forms a lightweight integration layer built on top of the manufacturer's official API or an open-source project, abstracting low-level protocol details and providing language-native bindings (Python, C++, Java, etc.).
A Driver is a software layer responsible for communication with a specific hardware device or component. In robotics, drivers enable support for sensors (LiDARs, cameras, IMUs), actuators, motor controllers, grippers, and other modules at the hardware or low-level OS layer. They abstract device-specific protocols (USB, CAN, UART, EtherCAT) and expose a standardised interface to the middleware or application layer above.
All Intel RealSense deployments — Boston Dynamics Atlas, Agility Robotics Digit, Clearpath Robotics, MiR AMRs, thousands of academic projects.
7.7k★ on GitHub IntelRealSense/librealsense, 600+ contributors, more than 5,000 open and closed issues.
Bipedal humanoid robot by Unitree Robotics, designed as a compact research, development, and developer platform.
Unitree H1 is a full-size general-purpose humanoid robot (~180 cm, ~47 kg). Bipedal, 5 DOF per leg + 4 DOF per arm, 3.3 m/s walking speed, 360° perception via 3D LiDAR + depth camera, Unitree M107 PMSM joint motors with ~360 N·m peak knee torque. Standard compute: Intel Core i5/i7; optional NVIDIA Jetson Orin NX.
USB 3.0 required for maximum resolution; the library also runs on USB 2.0 with limitations.
License family: Permissive
ARM64 native, Jetson Orin optimizations.
Post-processing improvements, D421 support.
D405 support, IMU calibration.
L515 support, native ARM64 builds.
First librealsense2 release with new API.
