{
  "slug": "engineai-pm01",
  "name": "PM01",
  "manufacturer": {
    "name": "EngineAI Robotics",
    "country": "CN",
    "url": "https://en.engineai.com.cn"
  },
  "category": "full-size",
  "announced": {
    "date": "2024-12-27",
    "source": {
      "url": "https://www.therobotreport.com/engineai-releases-pm01-humanoid-robot-for-commercial-educational-use/",
      "quote": "EngineAI releases PM01 humanoid robot for commercial, educational use",
      "accessed": "2026-09-20"
    }
  },
  "specs": {
    "height_cm": {
      "value": 138,
      "status": "claimed",
      "source": {
        "url": "https://en.engineai.com.cn/",
        "quote": "138CM",
        "accessed": "2026-09-20"
      }
    },
    "weight_kg": {
      "value": 40,
      "status": "claimed",
      "source": {
        "url": "https://www.therobotreport.com/engineai-releases-pm01-humanoid-robot-for-commercial-educational-use/",
        "quote": "weighs about 40 kg (88 lb.)",
        "accessed": "2026-09-20"
      }
    },
    "dof": {
      "value": 24,
      "status": "claimed",
      "source": {
        "url": "https://en.engineai.com.cn/",
        "quote": "24-DOF",
        "accessed": "2026-09-27",
        "media_type": "article",
        "publisher_type": "official",
        "review": {
          "status": "insufficient",
          "method": "text",
          "checked": "2026-09-27",
          "reason": "The reviewed source did not establish both the exact recorded value and the concrete robot variant for this specification."
        }
      }
    },
    "walking_speed_kmh": {
      "value": 7.2,
      "status": "claimed",
      "source": {
        "url": "https://www.therobotreport.com/engineai-releases-pm01-humanoid-robot-for-commercial-educational-use/",
        "quote": "2 m/sec. (4.4 mph)",
        "accessed": "2026-09-20"
      }
    },
    "battery_runtime_min": {
      "value": 120,
      "status": "claimed",
      "source": {
        "url": "https://www.therobotreport.com/engineai-releases-pm01-humanoid-robot-for-commercial-educational-use/",
        "quote": "can operate for two hours on a single charge",
        "accessed": "2026-09-20"
      }
    },
    "actuator_torque_nm": {
      "value": 164,
      "status": "claimed",
      "source": {
        "url": "https://en.engineai.com.cn/product-pm01.html",
        "quote": "Max Torque [1] 164 N·m",
        "accessed": "2026-09-27",
        "media_type": "article",
        "publisher_type": "official",
        "review": {
          "status": "insufficient",
          "method": "text",
          "checked": "2026-09-27",
          "reason": "The reviewed source did not establish both the exact recorded value and the concrete robot variant for this specification."
        }
      },
      "note": "Manufacturer's own EDU-edition spec table lists 164N.m as the joint 'Max Torque'; a separate marketing line elsewhere on the same page cites 'a peak torque of 130 N·m' for the actuator module -- both figures are the manufacturer's own, the 164N.m table value is used as the more specific per-joint spec."
    },
    "battery_swappable": {
      "value": true,
      "status": "claimed",
      "source": {
        "url": "https://en.engineai.com.cn/product-pm01.html",
        "quote": "Smart Battery Intelligent Quick Disassembly Supported",
        "accessed": "2026-09-21"
      }
    },
    "charge_time_min": {
      "value": 120,
      "status": "claimed",
      "source": {
        "url": "https://en.engineai.com.cn/product-pm01.html",
        "quote": "Charging Duration 2h for Full Charge",
        "accessed": "2026-09-21"
      }
    },
    "locomotion": {
      "value": "bipedal",
      "status": "claimed",
      "source": {
        "url": "https://en.engineai.com.cn/product-pm01.html",
        "quote": "Walking with a Human-like Gait",
        "accessed": "2026-09-21"
      }
    }
  },
  "price_history": [
    {
      "date": "2024-12-27",
      "amount": 12000,
      "currency": "USD",
      "variant": "unified (business & education)",
      "status": "claimed",
      "source": {
        "url": "https://www.therobotreport.com/engineai-releases-pm01-humanoid-robot-for-commercial-educational-use/",
        "quote": "unified price of 88,000 yuan ($12,000 U.S.) until March 31, 2025",
        "accessed": "2026-09-20"
      }
    }
  ],
  "delivery": {
    "status": "demonstrated",
    "timeline": [
      {
        "date": "2024-12-27",
        "event": "announced",
        "detail": "Launched as an open-source, general-purpose humanoid at 88,000 yuan ($12,000), positioned $3,000 below Unitree's G1.",
        "quantity_min": null,
        "quantity_max": null,
        "source": {
          "url": "https://www.therobotreport.com/engineai-releases-pm01-humanoid-robot-for-commercial-educational-use/",
          "quote": "This positions the PM01 $3,000 below Unitree's G1 humanoid.",
          "accessed": "2026-09-20"
        }
      },
      {
        "date": "2025-02-23",
        "event": "first-demo",
        "detail": "EngineAI released video of a PM01 performing what it called the world's first humanoid front flip.",
        "quantity_min": null,
        "quantity_max": null,
        "source": {
          "url": "https://www.foxnews.com/tech/chinese-humanoid-robot-lands-worlds-first-front-flip",
          "quote": "A Chinese humanoid robot lands the world's first front flip",
          "accessed": "2026-09-20"
        }
      }
    ]
  },
  "order_type": {
    "value": "cart",
    "status": "claimed",
    "source": {
      "url": "https://en.engineai.com.cn/product-pm01.html",
      "quote": "Purchase now",
      "accessed": "2026-09-21"
    },
    "note": "EngineAI's own PM01 page links its 'Buy now'/'Purchase now' buttons directly to a JD.com (3.cn short link) marketplace storefront rather than a sales-inquiry form."
  },
  "notes": [
    "battery_wh omitted (2026-09-21): EngineAI's own PM01 page gives charging power/voltage (54.6V/4.5A) but not a capacity in Ah or Wh, so Wh cannot be derived from a primary source; no manufacturer-published Wh figure was found.",
    "No sourced SDK/ROS or warranty information for PM01 could be found on en.engineai.com.cn (searched 2026-09-21); both fields left out rather than guessed.",
    "The front-flip video (2025-02-23) is manufacturer-produced marketing footage; it is recorded here under 'demonstrated' because the maneuver is a specific, visibly performed physical feat rather than a spec claim, but no independent (non-EngineAI) uncut footage was located during this build to confirm it as an unedited take.",
    "Front-flip autonomy determination (2026-09-20): EngineAI's own statement on the flip describes only the *training* method -- 'By leveraging optical motion capture to collect extensive human motion data, it integrates end-to-end neural network learning with adversarial networks to achieve rapid evolution in a simulated environment. It thrives in various complex scenarios, continually refining itself through trial and error' (New Atlas, https://newatlas.com/ai-humanoids/worlds-first-front-flip-humanoid-robot-engineai/, accessed 2026-09-20) -- i.e. the flip is executed by a learned (sim-trained) policy, which suggests it runs onboard rather than being joystick-piloted move-by-move. But no EngineAI engineer or independent party is quoted stating explicitly that no human/teleoperator was in the loop during the filmed take, so per this dataset's strict rule this cannot be marked 'autonomous' or 'scripted' from the sources found in this pass; no capability entry was added for the flip itself since no fixed capability id in data/capabilities.json matches a single acrobatic maneuver (the 'run' id requires a sustained gait, not one flip), so this determination lives here in notes rather than in a capabilities entry.",
    "EngineAI's own site (en.engineai.com.cn) only lists height, DOF and peak torque density; weight, battery runtime, walking speed and price were sourced from The Robot Report's 2024-12-27 launch coverage instead.",
    "No named-customer shipment evidence (invoice, serial number, unboxing, customs record) was found during this build; delivery.status therefore stays 'demonstrated' rather than 'shipped'.",
    "Shipped-bar research (2026-09-20): EngineAI's own claim is ~100 units delivered in five months including \"Shenzhen police patrol support\", which would be a strong named-customer claim if independently verified -- but this pass found no independent photo/video of a PM01 physically in Shenzhen police possession, nor any consumer unboxing video with a named buyer. Not upgraded to shipped."
  ],
  "updated": "2026-09-21",
  "simulation": {
    "review": {
      "status": "not_confirmed",
      "checked": "2026-09-27",
      "urls": [
        "https://github.com/engineai-robotics/engineai_robotics_description/blob/1d2d7601f520f716863c32a83abe9c77b26ee06c/pm01_edu/urdf/serial_pm01_edu.urdf"
      ],
      "reason": "Targeted searches found no confirmed model for this record; does not mean unavailable. Only a PM01 Edu model was found; equivalence to this unsuffixed PM01 record was not established."
    },
    "artifacts": []
  },
  "actuator_architecture": {
    "review": {
      "status": "found",
      "checked": "2026-09-27",
      "urls": [
        "https://www.engineai.com.cn/about-news-media/23.html"
      ],
      "reason": "Exact-variant actuator architecture evidence was found in the listed official source and is recorded per group."
    },
    "groups": [
      {
        "id": "planetary-joint-modules",
        "scope": "Joint modules",
        "variant": "PM01",
        "drive": null,
        "transmission": "planetary",
        "motion": null,
        "architecture": null,
        "status": "claimed",
        "source": {
          "url": "https://www.engineai.com.cn/about-news-media/23.html",
          "quote": "PM01使用的是全行星关节模组的方案",
          "accessed": "2026-09-27",
          "media_type": "article",
          "publisher_type": "official",
          "variant": "PM01",
          "review": {
            "status": "supported",
            "method": "text",
            "checked": "2026-09-27",
            "reason": "EngineAI's official PM01 FAQ states that PM01 uses all-planetary joint modules."
          }
        }
      }
    ]
  },
  "url": "https://humanoidrecord.com/robots/engineai-pm01/",
  "license": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/",
  "attribution": "humanoidrecord.com",
  "generated_at": "2026-11-03T10:59:20.283Z"
}