education
University and lab platform
Owner verifiedVerified July 2026
- Control mode
- Autonomous
- Human intervention
- Developer programmed
Research record R-047Limited delivery
PM01
By EngineAI · China · announced December 2024
The $12,000 biped that landed the world's first humanoid front flip, from Shenzhen's most acrobatic robot lab.
Broader research scope
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Research summary
What the record says.
EngineAI's PM01 arrived in December 2024 at 88,000 yuan (about $12,000), a compact 1.38 meter humanoid with an unusually smooth, straight-kneed walking gait. In March 2025 it performed the first front flip by a humanoid robot, a harder trick than the backflip because the robot cannot see its landing, and EngineAI has leaned into performance ever since, including a viral demo in which the CEO kicks the robot to show its recovery.
Units have shipped to universities and commercial buyers since 2025, with distributor listings around $12,000 to $16,000 by edition; availability in mid-2026 is inconsistent across channels, with one tracker listing it as unavailable while distributors show backorders. At CES 2026 EngineAI showed PM01 alongside its combat-oriented T800 and announced fighting-event ambitions.
Like all Chinese developer platforms, PM01 is hardware plus SDK; its target buyers are labs, schools and service integrators, not households.
Delivery evidence
Announcement is not arrival.
Owner verified
University and lab deliveries since 2025; volumes unpublished
Capability ledger
What has actually been shown?
2 material claims are separated by evidence setting and human involvement. The strongest recorded signal is Owner verified; it does not automatically transfer to every row.
entertainment
World-first front flip; performance routines
Real-world demoVerified July 2026
- Control mode
- Autonomous
- Human intervention
- Choreographed
Hardware record.
- Height
- 138 cm
- Weight
- 40 kg
- Locomotion
- Bipedal; straight-knee humanlike gait, front flips
- Payload
- Light loads
- Runtime
- About 2 hours class
- Charging
- Swappable battery
- Top speed
- 2 m/s class
- Degrees of freedom
- 24 (company figure)
- Hands
- Simple grippers; options
- Face / expression
- Display visor
- Sensors
- Depth cameras, IMU, microphone array
Software record.
- AI platform
- EngineAI SDK; open platform positioning
- Voice
- Developer configured
- Languages
- Developer configured
- Visual recognition
- Developer configured
- Memory
- Developer configured
- Processing
- Onboard compute
- Autonomous abilities
- Locomotion autonomy; tasks developer-built
- Teleoperation
- Supported
- Software updates
- Firmware
- Developer access
- Open SDK
Who can see, hear, or take control?
- Recording storage
- Owner controlled
- Remote operation possible
- Yes
- Teleoperation disclosure
- Owner is the operator
- Camera / microphone controls
- Owner controlled
- Data deletion
- Owner controlled
- Account required
- Setup app
- Emergency stop
- Remote e-stop
- Children and pets
- Fast machine; supervision required
- Security updates
- Firmware updates
Open questions
Disputed or unverified.
- Mid-2026 availability conflicts between 'not available' trackers and backordered distributor listings
Lifecycle record
Status history.
- Preorder
Launched at 88,000 yuan
- Limited delivery
World-first humanoid front flip; shipments to labs
- Limited delivery
CES 2026 showcase with combat robot T800
Source register
3 linked sources.
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