PM01

Overview

ENGINEAI PM01 is a compact humanoid robotics platform aimed at developers and research organizations working on embodied AI and humanoid control systems. It emphasizes affordability and open humanoid development.

PM01 stands 140 cm tall (1400 × 536 × 253 mm) and weighs approximately 42 kg (Business) or 43 kg (Education) including battery, per EngineAI's official product page. It has 23 degrees of freedom in the commercial version and 24 in the education version: 5 per arm, 6 per leg, plus waist and neck joints. The waist has over 300° of rotation. Custom in-house joint modules deliver up to 300 N·m peak torque with dual encoders. Top walking speed is 2 m/s. The battery is a quick-swap 10,000 mAh pack.

Compute is dual-chip: Intel N97 CPU and NVIDIA Jetson Orin, supporting Windows and Ubuntu. The education version adds full secondary development access with compatibility for NVIDIA Isaac Sim, MuJoCo, ROS, and ONNX. EngineAI provides open training code for locomotion based on Isaac Sim and MuJoCo. Sensors include an Intel RealSense D435i depth camera and large-array microphones as standard; LiDAR, ultrasonic sensors, and additional vision modules are optional via USB 3.0 and RJ45 expansion ports.

EngineAI launched PM01 in December 2024, priced at 88,000 yuan (approximately $12,000 USD) at launch for both commercial and education versions, per The Robot Report. PM01 appeared at CES 2025 and has been demonstrated in public settings in Shenzhen. EngineAI was founded in October 2023 by Zhao Tongyang and is headquartered in Shenzhen, China. The company raised seed funding of approximately $4.5 million as of late 2024, per PitchBook.

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