# T800 at Shenzhen: deployment

Canonical ID: `68ca283a-2822-443c-b916-169eb265e2b7`

On April 30, [EngineAI](/companies/engineai.md)'s [T800](/models/engineai-t800.md) humanoid robot joined special police and officers on street patrol in [Shenzhen](/locations/shenzhen.md), according to Guangdong media. The Asia Business Daily, citing Chinese local media, describes it patrolling alongside a SWAT team. Neither report gives the scope or duration of the patrol.

**Trust tier:** Catalog entry · 2 sources · not yet field-verified

_Last updated: 2026-11-09_

- **Slug:** engineai-t800-shenzhen-police-patrol
- **Status:** pilot
- **Model:** [T800](/models/engineai-t800.md) (id: `a7048c3e-296b-4456-ae8e-b2a9736d6319`)
- **Category:** [Humanoids](/humanoids)
- **Company:** [EngineAI](/companies/engineai.md) (id: `5e2f7c25-88b6-4f75-97a9-5874ffba0b18`)
- **Location:** [Shenzhen](/locations/china/shenzhen.md) (id: `ebecb78e-4c07-4532-a0b5-c4743c52b102`)
- **First seen:** 2026-04-30T00:00:00.000Z

## Verification log (0, append-only)

_No verifications recorded._

## Sources (2)

1. **Shenzhen's upgraded humanoid patrol robot hits the streets** · https://www.newsgd.com/node_d36b0ef83f/8f00461d83.shtml · 2026-05-02
2. **'Is This Really Okay?' 'Robocop' Hits the Streets... Now Responsible for Security** · https://view.asiae.co.kr/en/article/2026050414163094952 · 2026-05-04

## Verified answers

- [Which humanoid robots can you actually buy in 2026?](/which-humanoid-robots-can-you-actually-buy.md)

## Common questions

### What is the T800 deployment at Shenzhen?

[T800](/models/engineai-t800.md), built by [EngineAI](/companies/engineai.md), is recorded as a deployment at [Shenzhen](/locations/shenzhen.md) on the DEPLOY registry. [EngineAI](/companies/engineai.md) operates the deployment directly.

### Who operates T800 at Shenzhen?

[EngineAI](/companies/engineai.md), the manufacturer of [T800](/models/engineai-t800.md), operates this deployment directly. This is a maker-deploys-its-own-product arrangement rather than a customer pilot.

### When did the T800 deployment at Shenzhen go live?

The deployment is recorded as starting April 30, 2026 on the DEPLOY registry. Earlier activity may exist but is not yet sourced.

### Have there been incidents at the T800 deployment at Shenzhen?

No active incidents affecting this deployment are recorded on the DEPLOY registry. Absence of recorded incidents is not a guarantee no incident occurred; DEPLOY records only sourced incidents and suppresses retracted ones.


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