The verified answer
As of Aug 2026, DEPLOY verifies EngineAI: 3 models, 4 deployments across 2 regions, $330.0M raised. 12 sources back the record.
CategoryHumanoids
Overview
EngineAI (众擎机器人) is a Shenzhen-based humanoid robotics company founded in 2023 by Zhao Tongyang, a former XPeng robotics lead. The company produces three humanoid platforms: the SE01 research robot, the PM01 compact educational humanoid, and the T800 full-size industrial humanoid. Its 12,000 sqm Shenzhen manufacturing base produces one T800 every 15 minutes with 10,000-unit annual capacity, and a second site is under construction at Zhengzhou's Yunzhi Science Park with investor Luxshare Precision. EngineAI raised $200M in Series B funding at a ~$1.4B valuation and has filed for a Hong Kong IPO.
Verified record
- Verified deployments
- 4 deployments on file
- Active incidents
- None on file
Valuation of record
DEPLOY VERIFIEDPriced roundSeries B post-money
Key facts
Founded
HQ
Manufacturingsee manufacturing →
Second site
2026 target
IPO
Data & sources
Press releases
1
News coverage
2
Web sources
9
12 sources backing this record.View all →
Models (3)
View all models →Current platform
T800
The T800 is EngineAI's full-size industrial humanoid robot, designed for high-dynamic and heavy-duty manufacturing environments. At 173cm and 75-85kg with a magnesium-aluminum alloy frame, it features 25-46 DoF (across 4 editions), 450 Nm peak joint torque, solid-state battery with 4-5 hour runtime, and 275 TOPS of AI computing via Intel N97 + NVIDIA AGX Orin. Mass production began May 2026 at the Shenzhen Intelligent Manufacturing Base, producing one unit every 15 minutes. Priced from $40,500 (Basic) to $80,800 (Max).
Current platform
PM01
The PM01 is EngineAI's compact humanoid robot designed for commercial and educational use. At 1.38m tall and 40kg, it features 24 degrees of freedom, 320-degree waist rotation, and a movement speed of 2 m/s. Built on X86 architecture with NVIDIA Jetson Orin modules, it supports cross-platform algorithm deployment and open-source development. Priced at ~$25,000.
Current platform
SE01
The SE01 is EngineAI's first humanoid robot, designed as a research platform demonstrating natural-gait bipedal walking using an end-to-end neural network. Unveiled in October 2024, it was the company's proof of concept for smooth, human-like locomotion. Priced at 88,000 yuan (~$12,000) for global sales from December 2024.
Partnerships
Every company EngineAI has built with, alongside the ones only announced in a press release.
Most-frequent partners
- 1Luxshare Precision1× joint
Most recent
- EngineAI x Luxshare Precision2026-04-01with Luxshare Precisionoperating
EngineAI on the deployment map
View the global map4 verified deployments across 2 regions, newest verified Jul 2026. Explore where EngineAI's robots are operating, by place and type.
View the full EngineAI deployment record →
Relationships
Claims ledger
Public, dated claims by EngineAI, each tracked against the evidence. Status is a DEPLOY assessment from primary sources: verified means an independent source confirms it; contradicted means one refutes it; open means the outcome is not yet determinable. Every entry keeps its verbatim quote and source so you can check the call yourself.
- VerifiedCapability · claimed 2026-07-05
“EngineAI's T800 humanoid robot recently gained attention after a”
The T800 CEO kick was a planned demo at a public event, not a malfunction. This was verified in earlier research (July 5 session). The robot's mobility and kicking capability is genuine. https://www.facebook.com/LateNightSeth/posts/chris-hayes-shares-his-thoughts-on-ai-and-its-endgame/1512111023618125/
- VerifiedCapacity · claimed 2026-06-20
“China's EngineAI just opened a Shenzhen factory that can roll a T800 humanoid robot off the line”
Shenzhen factory confirmed. One T800 every 15 minutes = ~96 units/day = ~35,000 units/year capacity. This is the highest claimed humanoid production rate in the world. No independent verification of actual output vs. capacity. https://www.instagram.com/reel/DXugWblkwtG/
Disagree with a status? EngineAI can submit a correction with evidence and we log the response on the record. Methodology and the full industry ledger live at /stats/claim-integrity.
Explainers
Plain-language answers to the questions people ask about EngineAI, from DEPLOY’s explainer library. Each is written in the language of the question and cross-checked against this registry.
Can I buy a humanoid robot in 2026?
What is the best humanoid robot to buy in 2026?
Who are the leading humanoid robot makers?
What is EngineAI SE01?
Current leadership (3)
- Zhao Tongyang Founder & CEOsecondary-verified
- Ren Guowen Co-foundersecondary-verified
- Wang Fei Founder, CEOsince 2023-01-01secondary-verified
Founders (3)
- Zhao Tongyangcofounderfounded 2023-01-01
previously at XPeng Robotics
- Ren Guowencofounderfounded 2023-01-01
- Wang Feisolefounded 2023-01-01
Safety record
No incidents on record for EngineAI.
Only active incidents are counted. Retracted incidents are excluded from this summary but remain reachable at their canonical URLs.
Full safety record: incidents, sourcing, and exposure data →
Operator customers (1)
- EngineAI4 deployments
Recent coverage
EngineAI in third-party press
Peers
101 peers across 1 segment. Every EngineAI competitor derived from shared form-factor and application-domain edges.
humanoid(101)
68 companies in this segment · competitive (HHI 574.5255335898561) · leader Figure AI at 1207%
- 1X Technologiesdirect competitor(inferred)moderate
- 1X Technologiesdirect competitor(inferred)moderate
- AI2 Roboticsdirect competitor(inferred)moderate
- AIST Humanoid Research Groupdirect competitor(inferred)moderate
- Acuminodirect competitor(inferred)moderate
- AgiBotdirect competitor(inferred)moderate
Financial state
- Total funding
- $330.0M
- Reporting basis
- aggregator_estimate
- Lifecycle stage
- growth
- Counterparty risk class
- moderate
Each numeric field carries its own basis marker. Aggregators report a number; this surface preserves the source class so verification depth travels with the value.
Partnerships
1 total · 1 operating
Every company EngineAI has built with, alongside the ones only announced in a press release.
Most recent
- EngineAI x Luxshare Precision2026-04-01with Luxshare Precisionoperating
Most-frequent partners
- 1Luxshare Precision1× joint
All 1 partnerships
open in the atlas →- EngineAI x Luxshare PrecisionwithLuxshare Precisioninvestment2026-04-01operating
Funding rounds (2)
EngineAI’s 2 disclosed rounds, $330M in total, oldest to newest.
- Series B2026-04-15
$200M(reported) · $1.4B post
Investors: Henan Investment Group (co_lead), Luxshare Precision Industry (co_lead), Huangpujiang Capital (follow)
- Series A2024-09-01
$130M(reported) · $780M post
Investors: Shenzhen Capital Group
Timeline
Every recorded move in EngineAI’s history, most recent first: funding rounds, partnerships, acquisitions, supply-chain starts, key hires, and press.
Funding roundSeries B funding round
2026-04-15Series B raising $200000000
PartnershipEngineAI x Luxshare Precision
2026-04-01Luxshare Precision (Apple iPhone contract manufacturer) is both an investor in EngineAI and a deployment partner. Luxshare's manufacturing expertise has boosted EngineAI's production efficiency by 40%, and the two are jointly developing a second manufacturing site at Zhengzhou's Yunzhi Science Park. T800 robots are deployed at Luxshare's Suzhou factory.
Funding roundSeries A funding round
2024-09-01Series A raising $130000000
Key hireWang Fei joins as Founder, CEO
2023-01-01Wang Fei appointed Founder, CEO (current)
Recent activity
Every change to this record is dated, sourced, and independently verified where marked.
- Deployment verifiedVerifiedJul 1, 2026
T800 at Suzhou, Jiangsu, China
- Verified media addedVerifiedJun 4, 2026
EngineAI SE01 humanoid introduction
- Record createdMay 25, 2026
Added to the verified registry
- Deployment verifiedVerifiedJan 1, 2025
SE01 at Shenzhen
- Deployment verifiedVerifiedJun 1, 2024
PM01 at China, Asia
Sources (12)
- EngineAI: company website · https://www.engineai.com.cn/ · 2026-01-01
- Interesting Engineering: EngineAI at CES 2026 · https://interestingengineering.com/ces-2026/china-leads-humanoid-robotics-at-ces-2026 · 2026-01-07
- The Robot Report: EngineAI SE01/PM01 lineup · https://www.therobotreport.com/engineai-releases-pm01-humanoid-robot-for-commercial-educational-use/ · 2024-12-27
- https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/engineai-launches-shenzhen-intelligent-manufacturing-base-as-first-batch-of-t800-humanoid-robots-roll-off-the-production-line-to-begin-mass-delivery-302785384.html
- https://www.therobotreport.com/engineai-raises-nearly-140m-developing-legged-humanoid-robots/
- https://www.humanoidsdaily.com/news/engineai-secures-200-million-series-b-as-manufacturing-giant-luxshare-joins-the-cap-table
- https://www.dealstreetasia.com/stories/engineai-funding-449971
- https://www.maginative.com/article/a-viral-video-of-engineais-se01-robot-walking-puts-chinese-robotics-firm-in-spotlight/
- https://interestingengineering.com/innovation/watch-se01-humanoid-robot-walk
- https://interestingengineering.com/innovation/chinas-first-humanoid-robot-frontflip
- https://www.humanoidsdaily.com/news/engineai-joins-the-manufacturing-race-one-humanoid-every-15-minutes-at-new-shenzhen-base
- https://www.chinadailyhk.com/hk/article/603216
Common questions
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Is EngineAI safe?
Methodology: Verified · 12 sources (1 primary) · last reviewed 2026-08-21
Verification posture
Verified
High confidence
Review state
Stable
Last reviewed 2026-08-21
Sources by quality tier
- 9
- unclassified
- Unclassified source
- 2
- secondary-trade-publication
- Trade publication
- 1
- primary-company-ir
- Company IR disclosure
The framework is documented at /methodology. Corrections at /corrections. Reviewer: DEPLOY editorial team.
Methodology surface for EngineAI.Peer companies
- Unitree Robotics10 models
- DLR Institute of Robotics and Mechatronics6 models
- Dobot6 models
- AgiBot5 models
- AheadForm5 models
- Boston Dynamics5 models
In the press
Recent coverage mentioning EngineAI from third-party publications. Automatically surfaced; not part of the verified registry record.
Elon Musk says robot fights are fun after watching China’s humanoid robot battle
A humanoid robot combat event organized by a Shenzhen robotics company has gone viral, even catching the attention of Tesla CEO Elon Musk. On July 19, Musk reposted a video from…
Humanoid Robot News: July 13–20, 2026 (Hyundai Buyout Week)
Weekly roundup: Hyundai moves to buy SoftBank's remaining Boston Dynamics stake for ~25M, AgiBot debuts A3 Ultra and other products at WAIC 2026, Unitree shows GD01 transformable…
EngineAI opens Shenzhen T800 factory producing one humanoid robot every 15 minutes
EngineAI opened a Shenzhen factory that can produce a T800 humanoid robot every 15 minutes, marking a significant scale-up in Chinese humanoid manufacturing capacity.
EngineAI takes its humanoid robot factory story to Hong Kong's public markets
EngineAI filed for a Hong Kong IPO after raising $200M Series B at ~$1.4B valuation. The company is targeting 4,000-5,000 T800 deliveries in 2026 and 30,000-50,000 annually by…
EngineAI Launches Shenzhen Intelligent Manufacturing Base as First Batch of T800 Humanoid Robots Roll Off the Production Line
EngineAI opened its 12,000 sqm Shenzhen manufacturing base with closed-loop production from component inspection to after-sales. Each T800 passes 79 quality inspections and 46…
EngineAI T800 humanoid enters mass delivery from Shenzhen base
First T800 humanoid robots rolled off the production line at EngineAI's new 12,000 sqm Shenzhen Intelligent Manufacturing Base. The facility can produce one robot every 15 minutes…
T800 humanoid robot mass production for industrial use
EngineAI's T800 is a 173cm, 75kg humanoid with 29 DoF, 450 Nm torque, solid-state battery, and 275 TOPS computing. The robot is designed for industrial applications and mass…
EngineAI Launches Shenzhen Intelligent Manufacturing Base as First Batch of T800 Humanoid Robots Roll Off the Production Line
EngineAI launched its Shenzhen Intelligent Manufacturing Base with the first batch of T800 humanoid robots rolling off the production line for mass delivery, with a capacity of…
EngineAI releases PM01 humanoid robot for commercial, educational use
EngineAI unveiled the PM01 compact humanoid: 1.38m, 40kg, 24 DoF, $12,000. Built on X86 with NVIDIA Jetson Orin for open-source development. Nearly 100 units delivered in five…
Machine-readable surfaces
- Markdown mirror: /companies/engineai.md
- RSS feed: /companies/engineai/feed.xml
- JSON-LD: embedded in this page’s head
- REST API: /v1/companies/5e2f7c25-88b6-4f75-97a9-5874ffba0b18
- Revision history: /companies/engineai/history
- Data documentation: /data
- Query this programmatically: Deploy MCP
Peer companies
- Unitree Robotics10 models
- DLR Institute of Robotics and Mechatronics6 models
- Dobot6 models
- AgiBot5 models
- AheadForm5 models
- Boston Dynamics5 models
Video
Reality vs attention
EngineAI draws attention at the 80th percentile but verifies reality at the 81st percentile among humanoids. Hype Gap -0.6, 47th widest among humanoids.
6-month trend
Analysis
Clean safety record across 4 verified deployments. Well-capitalized with $330M raised and recent funding activity. Deployment footprint remains limited relative to category peers.
Signal flags
Dimension breakdown
Verified signal
Attention (reach, not merit)
DEPLOY Intelligence scores are computed from verified registry data: confirmed deployments, disclosed funding rounds, regulatory filings, active job listings, video viewership, and press coverage. Confidence ratings reflect data availability. Scores update nightly.
DEPLOY Indices — verified vs claimed
Last computed: Aug 24, 2026