EngineAI (Zhongqing Robotics) · education humanoid
PM01
A 1.38 m, 40 kg compact humanoid with a waist that turns 320 degrees and Intel plus NVIDIA Jetson compute.
- Price
- $26,500Cheaper than 53%
- Height
- 138 cmTaller than 29%
- Weight
- 40 kgHeavier than 24%
- Payload
- —Not published
- Speed
- 7.2 km/hFaster than 77%
- Battery
- —Not published
CNY 188,000 (shown as ¥188000). Official maker page, not an affiliate link. Checked 2026-10-10.
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Why it matters
Launched below the Unitree G1's price, part of the 2024-25 humanoid price war.
Real-world use
No customers or deployments reported yet.
Maker
EngineAI (Zhongqing Robotics)Company · founded 2023 · Shenzhen, ChinaSeed round Aug 2024; nearly $140 million raised in 2025 led by JD.com.
How it stacks up
Against other humanoids that publish the figure. Pick a measure.
PM01 is taller than 29% of the 305 other humanoids that publish a height. Bars show the 7 closest in date.
PM01 is heavier than 24% of the 277 other humanoids that publish a weight. Bars show the 7 closest in date.
PM01 is faster than 77% of the 122 other humanoids that publish a speed. Bars show the 7 closest in date.
PM01 has more joints than 28% of the 236 other humanoids that publish a joints. Bars show the 7 closest in date.
PM01 costs less than 53% of the 85 other humanoids that publish a price. Bars show the 7 closest in date.
Not published by the maker: payload, battery.
What it has been shown doing
1 of 14 skills we track, each from a public video or report. Demos can be staged or remote-controlled; we say so when the source does.
- Jump & acrobaticsstanding front flip, claimed world first · Feb 2025 · technode.com
Not shown yet:SortAssembleFoldKitchenToolsFineStairsTerrainGet upRunCarryOn siteAutonomous
Public attention
#10 of 377 current humanoids in public attention.
- No Wikipedia article of its own yet
- 4 news stories from reputable press listed on this page
- about 100 units or vehicles reported by the maker or press (may be a company-wide total)
Measures how much people read and write about a robot, not how good it is. Measured 2026-10-13; same method for every robot. How it is measured
What’s inside
The parts the company has talked about publicly.
- Hands
- unknown
- Movement
- Walks on legs · 24 joints
- Chip
- Processor N97 (Intel)Dual-chip design: an Intel N97 x86 processor paired with a Jetson Orin.
- Actuators & motors
- 24 DoF; in-house joints with 130 Nm/kg peak torque density; 320-degree waist rotation.
- Sensors & vision
- Intel RealSense depth camera; optical motion capture used to train human-like motion.
- Compute
- Dual-chip: Intel N97 (x86) plus NVIDIA Jetson Orin.
- Battery & power
- About 2 hours per charge.
- AI & software
- End-to-end neural network shared with SE01; fully open-source with secondary development and cross-platform deployment; interactive core display.
- Other details
- 138 cm, 40 kg, 2 m/s.
Named suppliers:NVIDIAIntel RealSense
Lineage
Every EngineAI (Zhongqing Robotics) humanoid in order.
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Made, sold and where
Unit counts are usually company figures; analysts often disagree.
- Price
- $26,500Listed at ¥188,000 on EngineAI’s own purchase page (checked 12 October 2026), about $26,500. A launch offer of ¥88,000 ended on 31 March 2025.
- How to get one
- Buy direct
- Sold or delivered
- Nearly 100 units delivered across EngineAI models in five months (company, Dec 2024).
- Where it is sold or used
- China and export.
News
The latest 4, newest first. Summaries are ours; tap through for the original.
- EngineAI PM01 dances at GMO's new Shibuya humanoid lab
GMO showed the EngineAI PM01 among the humanoids at the opening of its GMO Humanoid Lab Shibuya showroom.
YouTube (Kazumichi Moriyama) - EngineAI launches URKL robot fighting league
16 teams compete for a gold belt worth 10 million yuan; EngineAI reported 3,000-4,000 intention orders for T800 (CEO, Dec 2025).
Yicai Global - Omdia lists EngineAI fifth in 2025 shipments
EngineAI was in the 150-500 unit band.
China Daily - EngineAI launches PM01 at 88,000 yuan
Compact open-source humanoid for commercial and education use.
The Robot Report
Side by side with its peers
Picked by the same rules for every humanoid: another maker’s robot that moves the same way, is at the same stage and does at least one of the same main jobs, first shown within two years. Closer size and price rank higher. How we choose
| Measure | PM01EngineAI (Zhongqing Robotics) |  T1Booster RoboticsSame job: entertainment · Both walk · Both on sale or in pilots · Similar size · Similar price | No public photo yetWe only show photos we're allowed to useLumiLightberrySame job: entertainment · Both walk · Both on sale or in pilots · Similar size · Similar price |  SproutFauna RoboticsSame job: entertainment · Both walk · Both on sale or in pilots · Similar size · Similar price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| First shown | 2024-12 | 2024 | 2026-08-29 | 2026-01-27 |
| Status | Commercial | Commercial | Commercial | Commercial |
| Height | 138 cm | 118 cm | 130 cm | 107 cm |
| Weight | 40 kg | 30 kg | 40 kg | 22.7 kg |
| Joints | 24 | 23 | 34 | 29 |
| Speed | 7.2 km/h | — | — | — |
| Payload | — | — | — | — |
| Battery | — | 2 h | 3.5 h | — |
| Price | $26,500 | $44,700 | $39,990 | $50,000 |
Sources
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