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SA01
EngineAIThe SA01 is a humanoid robot developed by EngineAI Robotics (founded October 2023, Shenzhen, China), priced at $5,400 and positioned as a customizable, open-source educational platform. It was publicly debuted at CES 2025 alongside the SE01 and PM01. A key unresolved question is whether the SA01 (and EngineAI's humanoids generally) operate autonomously or via remote control — at least one independent source explicitly flagged this uncertainty after observing the robot's walking demonstrations. The company has raised substantial funding (~RMB 1 billion in mid-2025 plus a $141.4M Series A), with JD.com as a lead investor, and targets 1,000 units across all models by end of 2025.
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Evidence-graded claims from the EngineAI deep report
EngineAI's research demonstrates a universal locomotion policy that generalizes zero-shot across 12 simulated and 7 real-world humanoid robots.
Independent arXiv paper [21] (peer-reviewed preprint) documents the cross-humanoid locomotion policy with zero-shot transfer results across the stated number of simulated and real-world platforms, though real-world task complexity tested remains limited to locomotion only.
from EngineAI deep report →The PM01 humanoid robot is available globally for commercial and educational use at a promotional price of approximately $12,000 USD, with sales beginning December 24, 2024.
The Robot Report [3] (independent trade press) confirms the December 24, 2024 global launch and the 88,000 RMB (~$12,000 USD) promotional price, corroborated by a YouTube review [5]; however, actual customer deployment outcomes and volume sold remain unverified.
from EngineAI deep report →EngineAI's research demonstrates jumping capability of 1.1 m long jump and 0.5 m vertical/box jump on a humanoid robot platform.
Independent arXiv paper [20] documents the variable reduction ratio knee joint design enabling these specific jumping metrics on a physical robot, though the paper is a preprint and the results have not been replicated by an external lab.
from EngineAI deep report →
Duolun Technology has agreed to purchase over 2,000 EngineAI humanoid robots over three years for deployment in public security, traffic management, and retail.
Gasgoo Autonews [13] reports the partnership and purchase commitment, but this is a single trade-press source with no independent verification of contract terms, delivery schedules, or actual robots deployed to date.
from EngineAI deep report →The T800's promotional demo footage was authentic and not computer-generated imagery (CGI).
EngineAI released behind-the-scenes footage [22] as a rebuttal to CGI accusations, but this is self-produced company content and no independent technical forensic analysis or third-party journalist verification of the footage's authenticity has been documented in the dossier.
from EngineAI deep report →
EngineAI's humanoid robots exhibit natural, human-like walking gaits indistinguishable from human movement.
An independent arXiv study [19] using a Motion Turing Test framework explicitly finds that humanoid robot motions — including those from EngineAI-affiliated research — still exhibit noticeable deviations from human movements, particularly in dynamic actions like jumping, boxing, and running.
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