EngineAI (Zhongqing Robotics) · general-purpose humanoid
SE01
EngineAI's first full-size humanoid, on global sale from December 2024. Reported at about 5 ft 7 in and 121 lb.
- Price
- —Price not disclosed.
- Height
- 170 cmTaller than 59%
- Weight
- 55 kgHeavier than 38%
- Payload
- —Not published
- Speed
- —Not published
- Battery
- —Not published
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Why it matters
Noted for an unusually natural, human-like walking gait.
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.
SE01 is taller than 59% of the 305 other humanoids that publish a height. Bars show the 7 closest in date.
SE01 is heavier than 38% of the 277 other humanoids that publish a weight. Bars show the 7 closest in date.
Not published by the maker: speed, payload, joints, battery, price.
What it has been shown doing
We checked public videos and press for SE01 and found no clear demo of the skills we track yet.
Public attention
#17 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 500 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
- Actuators & motors
- 32 DoF full body (EngineAI); in-house powered joints.
- Sensors & vision
- Obstacle avoidance and path planning; gesture and voice recognition models.
- Compute
- NVIDIA Jetson Orin.
- Battery & power
- Swappable rechargeable batteries, about 2 hours.
- AI & software
- Reinforcement-learning trained locomotion; claimed human-like gait; voice or chest touchscreen control.
- Other details
- 170 cm, 55 kg; 2 m/s normal walking.
Named suppliers:NVIDIA
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
- Not publishedPrice not disclosed.
- How to get one
- Maker's website
- Sold or delivered
- EngineAI said it delivered nearly 100 units across models in five months (company, Dec 2024); Omdia put it at 150-500 units in 2025.
- Where it is sold or used
- Global sales from 24 Dec 2024.
News
The latest 4, newest first. Summaries are ours; tap through for the original.
- 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 - SE01 walks the CES 2025 floor
Shown with Jetson Orin compute and swappable batteries.
The Batch (DeepLearning.AI) - SE01 goes on global sale
EngineAI's first full-size humanoid, announced October 2024.
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 | SE01EngineAI (Zhongqing Robotics) |  GR-2FourierSame jobs: research, general-purpose · Both walk · Both on sale or in pilots · Similar size | No public photo yetWe only show photos we're allowed to useSTAR1Robotera (Robot Era)Same jobs: research, general-purpose · Both walk · Both on sale or in pilots · Similar size |  H1Unitree RoboticsSame jobs: research, general-purpose · Both walk · Both on sale or in pilots · Similar size |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| First shown | 2024-10 | 2024-09-26 | 2024-08 | 2023-08 |
| Status | Commercial | Commercial | Commercial | Commercial |
| Height | 170 cm | 175 cm | 171 cm | 180 cm |
| Weight | 55 kg | 63 kg | 63 kg | 47 kg |
| Joints | — | 53 | 55 | — |
| Speed | — | 5 km/h | 13 km/h | 11.9 km/h |
| Payload | — | 3 kg | — | — |
| Battery | — | — | — | — |
| Price | — | — | — | $90,000 |
Sources
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