PM01
Lightweight, highly dynamic, fully open universal embodied intelligent robot for research teams.
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$12K - $12K
Limited
How it stands in your space.
Side-by-side with a 180 cm adult, so you can feel the robot's footprint, height, and presence before it ever rolls in.
Compared with a 180 cm adult, PM01 stands at approximately waist-to-chest height.
180 cm adult
Specifications
What this robot can do.
- Obstacle avoidance
- Multi-floor
- Elevator support
- Voice interaction
- Screen interaction
- Autonomous charging
- Fleet management
- Indoor
- Outdoor
Should you deploy it?
0–100 — higher is stronger, except where noted.
How operationally ready this robot is for production deployment today.
Confidence in the published ROI numbers — how likely the savings actually materialize.
Share of the human task this category can credibly offload.
Fit with your target environment — lighting, floor type, congestion.
Expected maintenance load and downtime risk. Lower is better.
Long-horizon strategic upside — where the platform points 3+ years out.
Buy if your lab or startup needs a sub-$12k open-source humanoid for locomotion research, perception experiments, or algorithm validation. Skip if you need dexterous manipulation, outdoor durability, or sealed joints for harsh environments.
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When to deploy this.
- University robotics labs validating bipedal locomotion algorithms using end-to-end neural networks
- Robotics research teams conducting human-robot interaction studies with ROS/Isaac Sim integration
- Startup prototyping embodied AI applications (gesture recognition, navigation control) before scaling to full-size humanoids
When to skip it.
- 2-hour battery runtime restricts continuous operation to lab sessions or short demonstrations
- No seal ratings or rugged construction limits deployment to clean, structured indoor environments (offices, labs, stages)
- 40 kg weight with only unknown payload capacity makes heavy object manipulation or load-bearing infeasible
What's verified, what's estimated.
Robofy separates manufacturer-confirmed facts from operator estimates. Anything not yet press-sourced or supplier-confirmed is tagged so you can decide how much weight to give it.
Specifications drawn from EngineAI official product page (en.engineai.com.cn/product-pm01.html) confirming height, DoF, and hardware stack. Pricing and availability from The Robot Report (December 2024) and multiple reseller listings citing 88,000 CNY launch price. Battery life and sensor suite from secondary robotics press (Aparobot, Humanoid.guide, Robots International) corroborating manufacturer claims. Natural gait and control algorithms cited from launch coverage (EngineAI CES 2026 materials). No third-party payload or outdoor durability data available; maturity assessed as pilot-ready based on limited field deployments (Shenzhen police patrols in 2025) reported by local news.
From rollout to recharge.
- 01
Teach by demonstration
Engineers walk the humanoid through the target task, recording motion and contact data.
- 02
Train task policy
Sensor traces feed a learned policy that generalizes the demonstrated behavior across the workspace.
- 03
Whole-body manipulation
The robot executes the task with full-body coordination — handling tools, totes, or load points autonomously.
- 04
Pilot loop & refine
Failures and exceptions feed back into training; the policy improves with each shift logged.
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Scene preview · arriving in Phase 2
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