EngineAI (Zhongqing Robotics)
Shenzhen company founded in 2023 by Zhao Tongyang, formerly head of XPeng's humanoid programme. It sells SE01, PM01 and T800 humanoids and runs a robot fighting league.
- Robot models in the atlas
- 33 humanoids
- First robot
- 2024Latest 2025
- Headquarters
- ShenzhenChina
- Can I buy one?3 on sale nowBuy from the maker's own page
- Who uses it?1 robot model in useUsed by 32 teams in EngineAI's URKL combat league from July 2026 and in a Riyadh showcase…
- How big are they?Valued at $1.5B2026-04
- What is new?2026-04-11EngineAI PM01 dances at GMO's new Shibuya humanoid lab
Robots
3 robot models shown in public, from 2024 to 2025. Newest first. Open one for its full profile.
What is inside
Chips and parts suppliers named for EngineAI (Zhongqing Robotics)'s robots by the maker or reputable press.
Who uses it
Customers and deployments reported for EngineAI (Zhongqing Robotics)'s robots. Each robot's page links its sources.
T8002025 · CommercialUsed by 32 teams in EngineAI's URKL combat league from July 2026 and in a Riyadh showcase in September 2026.
Market position
Company figures and analyst estimates, as reported. Each carries who said it and when.
- Valuation
- $1.5B2026-04
- Factory capacity
- 10,000 a yearcompany figure
- Customers
- Luxshare Precision (investor)
Notes and caveats 4
- Shipped in 2025. IDC 2025 vendor table (via IT Brief) puts it in the 400-1,000 unit band; no exact figure published. Company says it went from one test machine in 2024 to 'hundreds' of PM01 units in 2025.
- Funding raised. $200M Series B (Apr 2026) led by Henan Investment Group fund and Luxshare; confidential Hong Kong IPO filing (Jun 2026).
- Valuation. Private: above 10 billion yuan (~$1.5B) after Apr 2026 Series B (The Next Web).
- Factory capacity. Shenzhen factory opened 1 Jun 2026, one T800 every 15 minutes, 'geared for 10,000 units' (company; capacity target).
What is new
The latest stories about EngineAI (Zhongqing Robotics)'s robots, newest first.
- EngineAI PM01 dances at GMO's new Shibuya humanoid lab YouTube (Kazumichi Moriyama) · PM01
- EngineAI launches URKL robot fighting league Yicai Global · T800
- EngineAI launches URKL robot fighting league Yicai Global · PM01
- EngineAI launches URKL robot fighting league Yicai Global · SE01
- Omdia lists EngineAI fifth in 2025 shipments China Daily · T800
The company
What it says about itself and what the sources record.
- Founded
- 2023
- Headquarters
- Shenzhen, China
- Focus
- affordable full-size and compact humanoids for commercial, education and entertainment use
- Funding
- Seed round Aug 2024; nearly $140 million raised in 2025 led by JD.com.
- Partners
- JD.com (sales channel and investor); 3,000-4,000 T800 intention orders (CEO, Dec 2025).
Similar makers
Other makers of humanoids, starting with those in China.
Sources
6 sources behind this page.
- The Robot Report EngineAI releases PM01 humanoid robot for commercial, educational use
- Shenzhen Development and Reform Commission EngineAI taking orders for 'worker robot'
- Yicai Global World's First Commercial Humanoid Robot Fighting League Launches in China
- The Next Web Humanoid robot maker EngineAI files for a Hong Kong IPO
- IT Brief UK Chinese vendors dominate humanoid robot market in 2025 (IDC)
- China Daily Chinese firms lead global humanoid robot production in 2025: report
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