{"id":"45a27ee5-90b0-4c14-863f-2d3d0403962a","companyId":"741bbe61-1855-4e06-bb46-ec1a27ec09b2","modelName":"MagicBot Z1","slug":"magiclab-magicbot","description":"MagicLab (also styled Magic Atom; registered as Magiclab Robotics Technology in Wuxi; founded around late 2023 and incubated by Dreame Technology, the cordless-vacuum maker) was started by Wu Changzheng, who previously led Xiaomi's CyberDog quadruped program, a credible pedigree. It makes the MagicBot humanoid and the high-dynamics MagicBot Z1, unveiled in Beijing on July 8, 2025 at roughly 140 cm, 40 kg, and 24 to 49 degrees of freedom on in-house actuators, marketed through agile-motion demos such as side-flips and martial-arts moves. It raised a 150 million yuan (about $20.6 million) angel round reported by tier-one Chinese business press, followed by a later strategic round. The registry records it at an early pilot maturity: there is real money, a credible founder, and genuine factory demo footage, but the order book splits into 130 million yuan signed versus 500 million yuan merely intended, and the Dreame relationship is partly captive, with the incubator buying its own portfolio robot rather than an arm's-length third-party. A widely repeated claim that MagicBot 'sold out on JD.com within minutes' after the 2026 Spring Festival Gala traces only to an SEO blog and is not verified, and the agile-motion clips are staged-demo capability rather than verified field capability.","formFactor":"humanoid","maturityStage":"pilot","lifecycleState":"active","supersededByModelId":null,"specs":{"notes":[{"label":"Verified","value":"MagicLab (Magic Atom; entity Magiclab Robotics Technology (Wuxi); founded ~Dec 2023/Jan 2024; incubated by Dreame Technology; founder Wu Changzheng, who led Xiaomi's CyberDog quadruped program) makes the MagicBot humanoid and the high-dynamics MagicBot Z1. Raised a 150M yuan (~$20.6M) angel round (Yicai/36Kr) plus a later strategic round."},{"label":"Maturity = pilot (early)","value":"Real money + credible founder + factory demo footage, but the order book splits 130M yuan SIGNED vs 500M yuan INTENDED, and the Dreame relationship is partly captive (incubator buying its own portfolio robot) - weaker than arm's-length third-party demand. No named independent operators. maturityStage=pilot (research-to-pilot)."},{"label":"Claimed but NOT verified","value":"'Sold out on JD.com in minutes' after the 2026 Spring Festival Gala (SEO-blog sourced; the Gala dance segment is real, the sellout is not); 500M yuan 'intended' contracts (intent, not orders); deployments 'across cities / cultural-tourism' with no named operators; Z1 side-flip/martial-arts clips are staged-demo capability, not field capability."}],"specs":"MagicBot Z1 (unveiled Jul 8 2025, Beijing): ~140 cm, ~40 kg, 24-49 DoF, in-house actuators; marketed for agile motion (side-flip / martial-arts demos). MagicBot Gen1 shown in factory multi-robot demos.","formFactor":"humanoid (high-dynamics bipedal humanoid; in-house actuators)"},"manufacturerSerial":null,"reviewStatus":"reviewed","sources":[{"url":"https://www.yicaiglobal.com/news/chinese-embodied-ai-startup-magiclab-bags-usd206-million-in-angel-funds-report-says","title":"MagicLab bags ~$20.6M (150M yuan) angel round (Zhuichuang VC)","sourceName":"Yicai Global"},{"url":"https://interestingengineering.com/ai-robotics/china-humanoid-robot-nails-martial-arts-moves","title":"MagicBot Z1 launched (140 cm, 40 kg, 24-49 DoF; agile-motion demos)","sourceName":"Interesting Engineering"},{"url":"https://autonews.gasgoo.com/articles/icv/seeds-magiclab-officially-announces-500-million-yuan-new-funding-2031616054575349761","title":"MagicLab strategic round; Dreame incubation + factory/retail procurement","sourceName":"Gasgoo"},{"url":"https://www.humanoids.wiki/p/magiclab-dreame","title":"MagicLab / Dreame incubation + procurement relationship","sourceName":"Humanoids.wiki"}],"aliases":["MagicBot","MagicBot Z1","Magic Atom MagicBot"],"collisionRisk":"low","reviewNote":null,"manufacturerTermForTeleop":null,"createdAt":"2026-06-03T19:23:20.087Z","updatedAt":"2026-06-03T19:23:20.087Z","jsonLd":{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Product","@id":"https://registry.deploy.report/models/magiclab-magicbot","url":"https://registry.deploy.report/models/magiclab-magicbot","name":"MagicBot Z1","alternateName":["MagicBot","MagicBot Z1","Magic Atom MagicBot"],"description":"MagicLab (also styled Magic Atom; registered as Magiclab Robotics Technology in Wuxi; founded around late 2023 and incubated by Dreame Technology, the cordless-vacuum maker) was started by Wu Changzheng, who previously led Xiaomi's CyberDog quadruped program, a credible pedigree. It makes the MagicBot humanoid and the high-dynamics MagicBot Z1, unveiled in Beijing on July 8, 2025 at roughly 140 cm, 40 kg, and 24 to 49 degrees of freedom on in-house actuators, marketed through agile-motion demos such as side-flips and martial-arts moves. It raised a 150 million yuan (about $20.6 million) angel round reported by tier-one Chinese business press, followed by a later strategic round. The registry records it at an early pilot maturity: there is real money, a credible founder, and genuine factory demo footage, but the order book splits into 130 million yuan signed versus 500 million yuan merely intended, and the Dreame relationship is partly captive, with the incubator buying its own portfolio robot rather than an arm's-length third-party. A widely repeated claim that MagicBot 'sold out on JD.com within minutes' after the 2026 Spring Festival Gala traces only to an SEO blog and is not verified, and the agile-motion clips are staged-demo capability rather than verified field capability.","identifier":"45a27ee5-90b0-4c14-863f-2d3d0403962a","category":"humanoid","publisher":{"@id":"https://deploy.report/#organization"}}}