EngineAI PM01
PM01 is EngineAI's 1.38 m humanoid sold at CNY 88,000, with a design that includes a chest display. It was the first humanoid shown doing a standing front flip.
The verdict
EngineAI made its name with a robot that did a front flip, and the PM01 is the machine most people can actually buy. At $13,700 it is priced against the G1 and it moves better than the price suggests. Everything else about ownership is harder.
- Buy it if
- Buyers who want dynamic locomotion and can deal with importing.
- Skip it if
- You need support in your own timezone.
In its favour
- Impressive dynamic motion for the price
- Around $13,700
Against it
- Marketplace purchase, not a store
- Support is China-only
- Documentation gaps
How the score is built
Capability is what the machine physically does. Value compares it with others at a similar price, not with the whole market. Buyability asks whether you can really order one. Ecosystem is the software and community around it. Proof is what it has done in the field, which is where most humanoids score badly and should.
Similar money, different machine.
- Status
- Commercial
- Category
- research
- First revealed
- December 2024
- Form
- bipedal
- Height
- 138 cm
- Weight
- 40 kg
- Payload
- n/a
- Degrees of freedom
- 24
- Battery
- n/a
- Runtime
- n/a
- Walking speed
- 2 m/s
- Actuation
- electric
- Units deployed (est.)
- not disclosed
- Teleoperation
- partial
Where it stands
Compact humanoid on sale since early 2025, popular for its price and open interfaces; performed the first front flip by a humanoid in March 2025.
What stands out
- Front flip, March 2025
- CNY 88,000 launch price
Autonomy, observed
Front flip (March 2025), dance and walking demos.
Hands, sensors, brain
- Sensors: Intel RealSense depth camera
- Compute: Intel N97 plus Nvidia Jetson Orin NX
Price and volume
Launch price CNY 88,000 (about USD 12,000 to 13,700 depending on exchange rate).
Index position
In the Humanoid Index, which ranks on shipped reality rather than value for money, EngineAI PM01 sits at #20 of 107 with 46 points: deployment 14/50, autonomy 12/30, availability 20/20. See that method.
Deposits, lead times and warranties: reading a humanoid order sheet
Of 42 buy records, 2 publish a deposit, 1 a warranty, 1 a shipping cost and none a lead time in weeks. The order sheet for a humanoid is mostly blank, and the blanks are where the money goes.
How a humanoid robot works: actuators, compute, sensors and the model
Of 182 humanoids on record, 178 say what moves the joints and 43 say what computer is inside. The further a layer sits from the metal, the less the maker tells you about it.
Open-source humanoids: what you can actually build
24 of the 182 humanoids on record call themselves open source. 15 publish hardware files and software, 3 name a licence, 12 can be ordered, and none of the four on preorder has any autonomy evidence yet.
China builds, America demos: what 108 makers tell you
Chinese makers account for 65 of the 182 humanoids in our record and 31 of the 44 you can order. American makers hold the money, the research and most of the autonomy claims, and sell you almost nothing.
Other robots by EngineAI.
EngineAI SE01
SE01 is EngineAI's full-size humanoid whose natural walking gait drew attention in 2024. It is intended for industrial and commercial use.
EngineAI T800
T800 is EngineAI's heavier-duty humanoid model announced in 2025 for industrial tasks.
Sources
- 01EngineAI official siteEngineAI
Price sources
- 01Humanoid robots for sale: prices and US legalityRoboZaps · 2026-07-28
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