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EngineAI PM01
The viral-gait humanoid you can actually order — open source and shipping.
We haven't tested this machine hands-on, so this profile carries no rating — every fact below traces to the sources at the end, and the judgments are clearly ours. Full methodology on the Robot Tracker.
At a glance
- Status
- ShippingReal units delivered to paying customers
- Can you buy it?
- Yes
- Price
- ~$19,000–26,000 via Western distributors (editions vary); SE01 ~$54,000
- Form factor
- Bipedal humanoid (compact)
- AI brain
- End-to-end neural-network gait; open source, ROS support
- Maker
- EngineAI (China)
- Backing
- Private (Shenzhen startup)
Shenzhen's EngineAI went viral for solving the thing that makes most humanoids look wrong: walking. The PM01's end-to-end neural gait produces a natural, human-like stride (and the first front-flipping humanoid demos) instead of the industry's bent-knee shuffle. More importantly for buyers: it's genuinely purchasable — Western distributors list the 138 cm, ~40 kg robot at roughly $19,000–26,000 depending on edition, shipping in about a week, with the larger SE01 around $54,000.
It's open source with full ROS support, a dual-chip Intel + Nvidia Jetson architecture, and 24 degrees of freedom including a party-trick 320° waist. Like every buyable humanoid, it's a development platform — the customer is researchers, universities, and commercial demo teams, not households. Within that class it's the G1's most credible rival, and often the more expressive machine.
PM01 in pictures
Images are the manufacturers' own press and product photography, shown here for identification and review, and credited to the rights holder.
What's real
- • Actually orderable and shipping via distributors — one of only three buyable humanoids
- • The most natural walking gait in the industry (end-to-end neural network), plus genuine acrobatic capability
- • Open source with ROS and cross-platform support — built to be developed on
Know before you watch (or buy)
- • A developer platform: 2 kg payload, ~2-hour battery, decorative hands — nothing here does useful work out of the box
- • A young startup without Unitree's revenue, ecosystem, or IPO-grade transparency
- • Distributor-market pricing varies widely (~$19k–40k across editions and regions) — compare configurations carefully
The evidence
Shipping to buyers through international distributors; known for the industry's most natural neural-network walking gait and viral acrobatics demos.
Sources: Robots International · Sonny Robotics
Bottom line
The most charismatic of the buyable developer humanoids. Pick the PM01 over a G1 if expressive, natural motion is your research interest; pick the G1 if you want the bigger ecosystem and the safer corporate bet.
FAQ
Can you buy an EngineAI PM01?
Yes — it's one of the few humanoids an individual or lab can actually order. Western distributors list the PM01 at roughly $19,000–26,000 depending on edition (education vs commercial), often shipping within a week or two; the larger SE01 runs around $54,000. It's a research and development platform, not a home robot.