Comparison · 2 robots

HMND 01 Alpha · MagicLab MagicBot Z1

All humanoid robots. Every measure below is plotted against the full class, so a difference can be read against how much the class itself varies.

HMND 01 Alpha
MagicLab MagicBot Z1

Humanoid

HMND 01 Alpha

Autonomy: III Conditional Autonomy
Score: 57/100 Plausible
Readiness: Promising Progress
Price: Not tracked

MagicLab

MagicLab MagicBot Z1

Autonomy: II Assisted Autonomy
Score: 47/100 Concept Stage
Readiness: Early Stage
Price: Not tracked

Up to three

01 Classification

What each one does on its own.

The Autonomy Ladder is the same five rungs for every robot on the site. A rung describes the conditions a robot handles without you, not how good it is.

Generalized

Any task, any setting

Environmental

Handles new obstacles without help

III

Conditional

Finishes familiar jobs on its own

HMND 01 Alpha

Assisted

Runs preset routines, needs rescue

MagicLab MagicBot Z1

Manual

One action, on command

02 Assessment

Where they actually differ.

The Robovations Score is nine inputs across three pillars, each weighted as shown and each scored so that more is better. A robot can lead on one and trail on another, which is the point of showing them apart. Cost of ownership and data handling are reported on each robot's own page and are never averaged into the score.

None of these robots carries a scored assessment yet, so there is nothing to plot here. The classification and evidence below still apply.

03 Measured against the class

How far apart is a long way?

A number only means something next to the spread it sits in. Each track below is the real range across every classified robot in the class, with the median marked.

Runtime28 with a published figure

240 min120 min

HMND 01 Alpha240 min
MagicLab MagicBot Z1120 min

60 minmedian 240 min600 min

Weight43 with a published figure

661.4 lbs88 lbs

HMND 01 Alpha661.4 lbs
MagicLab MagicBot Z188 lbs

26.5 lbsmedian 143 lbs661.4 lbs

Height46 with a published figure

86.6 in53.9 in

HMND 01 Alpha86.6 in
MagicLab MagicBot Z153.9 in

37 inmedian 67 in86.6 in

Not compared, because fewer than two of these robots carry a published figure: Price, Suction, Charge time, Noise.

04 Ownership

What the numbers leave out.

The trade-off

What each design gives up to be good at what it is good at.

HMND 01 Alpha

The Siemens trial proved 90%+ pick accuracy over 30 continuous minutes; an 8-hour sustained uptime claim with a 10% failure window in industrial production is a separate question the Alpha phase has not yet answered at scale.

220 cm and 300 kg: the reach advantage that lets it service full-height racking also means it cannot be trialled in facilities with low ceilings or weight-restricted floors without structural assessment.

MagicLab MagicBot Z1

Z1 sold through a mainstream consumer storefront, JD.com, is an unusually direct-to-market signal for a humanoid this early, but the units sold were tied to a one-time nationally broadcast performance, not an ongoing consumer retail listing.

A self-developed autonomous-navigation algorithm is claimed on the official spec page, but the same page bundles a handheld remote control and does not disclose which mode is actually used in any given deployment.

Who each one is wrong for

Stated by the record itself. A robot being wrong for a household is a fact about fit, not a fault.

HMND 01 Alpha

Any consumer or home environment: At 300 kg and 220 cm, the HMND 01 Alpha is a fixed-deployment industrial platform. No consumer purchase path exists and no household application is documented or intended.
Operations requiring stairs or multi-level navigation: The wheeled base operates on flat industrial floors. Stair climbing is not a documented capability of the wheeled variant; bipedal navigation is a separate platform with different specs.
Small businesses without on-site robotics support staff: Alpha-phase deployment requires supervised industrial integration. Humanoid's RaaS model implies on-site support; unsupported standalone operation is not documented for the Alpha.
Facilities needing certified production-ready equipment today: The Alpha is explicitly a pre-Beta, market-feedback phase platform. The Beta model is scheduled for Q3 2026; production-scale deployments depend on that milestone.
Applications requiring outdoor or unstructured terrain: The wheeled omnidirectional base is designed for indoor industrial floors. Outdoor use, gravel, ramps, or wet surfaces are not within the documented operating design domain.

MagicLab MagicBot Z1

Any household or general consumer use: Sold to industry, research, and education buyers; the JD.com Gala sellout does not establish a household product or use case.
Buyers seeking confirmed autonomous operation: The manufacturer's autonomous-navigation claim is unconfirmed independently, and its earlier public demonstrations were confirmed remotely controlled.
Buyers needing confirmed pricing: No price was published for the JD.com Gala listing or found in any other source reviewed; third-party estimates are explicitly unconfirmed.

What stays your job

The upkeep ownership hands back to you, whatever the autonomy level says.

HMND 01 Alpha

As needed: Clean 360-degree RGB camera lenses and depth sensor windows; debris on sensors degrades perception in dusty warehouse environments.
As needed: Inspect end-effector finger actuators and gripper mechanism for wear after high-cycle picking runs.
As needed: Check wheel drive system and omnidirectional platform for debris buildup on rollers.
As needed: Update KinetIQ AI framework software; Humanoid has not published a scheduled firmware cadence for the Alpha.
Annually: Full joint and actuator inspection for the 29-DOF arm assembly; interval and cost undocumented at Alpha stage.

MagicLab MagicBot Z1

Not recorded for this robot.

05 Evidence

How much each of these is standing on.

Classifications rest on different depths of evidence. A pre-release assessment and a verified one are not the same kind of claim.

Evidence behind each classification
Robot	Evidence status	Sources reviewed	Last assessed
HMND 01 Alpha	Pre-Release	13	Aug 2026
MagicLab MagicBot Z1	Verified	7	Aug 2026