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EngineAI SE01

Name: EngineAI SE01
Brand: EngineAI

Full-size general-purpose humanoid with a straight-knee walking gait produced by in-house harmonic joint modules and learned control, rated to 2 m/s and fitted with five-finger hands for grasping and tool use. Industrial and research focus; consumer market access remains unaddressed.

No list priceRetail price not tracked

Revealed 2024.12Reassessed 2026.09.02

Autonomy Ladder

Why Level II.

One five-rung scale, every category, from acting only on command to working unsupervised anywhere.

VGeneralized AutonomyAny task, any setting. No consumer robot has reached it.
IVEnvironmental AutonomyCopes with everyday clutter and frees itself, shown by independent testing.
IIIConditional AutonomyFinishes whole jobs in familiar spaces; struggles at the edges.
To reach Level IIIMost sessions finish without intervention. Rescue is occasional, not routine.
IIAssisted AutonomyThis robot

EngineAI SE01 runs preset routines on its own, and the owner is its recovery system.

Navigation and control

End-to-end neural network gait; 360° LiDAR perception; Intel RealSense depth camera; autonomous bipedal locomotion at up to 2 m/s
Why this level
- The SE01 operates under human supervision in structured environments.
- Autonomous gait is demonstrated via neural network.
- Task-level autonomy beyond locomotion is undisclosed.
- Classified at Level II, Assisted Autonomyin controlled pilot settings.
4 independent sources reviewed, 1 from the maker
IManual AutomationOne action on command; no independent operation.

How we assign a level →

Behind the classification

Sources on file.

Provisional4 independent sources reviewed, 1 from the maker

Two to four independent sources reviewed. Gaps remain across source types. The word says how much we read. It is not a grade.

Independent sources reviewed4

Monitoring record4 sources

Sources behind the tracker entries following this robot.

From the maker, reviewed1

Specification sources1 source

Pages the published specifications were read from.

en.engineai.com.cnen.engineai.com.cn

Also monitored, nothing listed yet

Manufacturer documentation

CES 2025 and 2024 announcements; published video demonstrations of SE01 gait mechanics and pilot deployment announcements.

How we evaluate evidence →

Human Readiness

Not consumer-ready.

One question: what does buying this robot today walk you into? The state is computed from the record, and recomputed daily.

Not consumer-readyThis robot

EngineAI SE01 ships to commercial and research buyers, not to households.

The readiness scale measures household purchase timing, so no tier applies. A consumer version reaching general availability would start the clock.

On the record

Shipping since December 2024 · 22 months on the market
4 independent sources reviewed, 1 from the maker

The scale, for reference

Ready NowAssessed, with a clean record on file. A successor may be shipping; the page says so when it is.
New to MarketOn sale under 90 days; the ownership record is still forming.
WaitA successor is announced and has not shipped; re-read the decision when it arrives.
Known IssuesDocumented problems stand on the record; read the case before buying.

How we assess readiness →

Pre-Consumer Assessment

How this projection was reached

75of 100

PromisingAt or above 90% of the 104 robots we assess before release

SpeculativeConceptPlausiblePromisingReady

The hatched tail is unreachable by construction. A projection does not publish as a full mark, because the evidence that settles it does not exist yet: whether the thing ships and works in ordinary use. Those 10 points are what shipping has to earn.

Held below its arithmetic78 → 75

Capped at 75: nothing is pre-order ready without a date, a price and regulatory evidence (readiness is 50, below the floor of 60).

The reading

Bipedal platform with documented straight-knee gait and published video evidence. Engineering approach is mechanically defensible but introduces unknown trade-offs versus conventional knee designs. EngineAI's first-product status and absent consumer timeline create significant uncertainty.

Still open

Months of autonomous operation in unstructured pilot environments
Published obstacle height, slope and stair parameters, which EngineAI does not specify
Rated payload, battery capacity and continuous runtime
Consumer market intent and timeline
Scaling manufacturing from research units to commercial volume

Three signals the number rests onweighted, then capped78What can be judged before anyone owns one.

Track Record35% of the assessment63

What this asks

Has this maker shipped what it demoed before, on schedule, with the promised capability?

Engineering35% of the assessment83

What this asks

Are the demonstrated capabilities achievable in shipping form, or do they need breakthroughs not in evidence?

Demo Match30% of the assessment91

What this asks

What has been shown to work, against what is claimed in marketing.

Published beside the numbernever averaged inWhat the maker has disclosed, not what has been judged.

Readinessnot in the number50

What this asks

Ship-date specificity, pricing transparency, distribution and regulatory status. Published beside the number; never averaged in.

Disclosurenot in the number85

What this asks

How much of the product is disclosed. Higher means fewer fundamental unknowns remain. Published beside the number; never averaged in.

middle half of the pre-release setits medianthis robot

Not a Robovations Scorethe two never convert into each other

This is a projection from pre-shipping signals, not a measurement. When the robot ships, the assessment is archived, a first Robovations Score is computed from the field record, and the change is logged on the tracker rather than appearing as a new number.

Read the pre-release method →

FIT CHECK

Will the EngineAI SE01 fit your scenario?

Describe your scenario using the controls. Each choice reads the spec sheet for you, flagging where the EngineAI SE01 is built for your space and where it isn’t.

Where it operates

Primary tasks

Supervision needs

Timeline

A classification of fit for the conditions you set, not a recommendation. Verdicts describe engineering design intent, not test results.

SPECIFICATION

The full spec sheet.

Manufacturer-published figures, measured against every humanoid robot we track.

Dimensional drawing

Key specificationsManufacturer-publishedSources: Product page

FootprintThe width, depth and height of the robot itself, without its dock.: 19.7 × 15.7 in, 66.9 in tall
WeightThe robot alone, without its dock, as the maker states it.: 121.3 lbs
Wi-FiThe bands the robot can join; many models need a 2.4 GHz network to set up.: Supported

Where it lands · position among 71 humanoid robotsThis robotMedianTypical range

RuntimeThe maker's stated running time on one charge, at a standard setting.120min

60 min720 min

Near median

WeightThe robot alone, without its dock, as the maker states it.121.3lbs

26.46 lbs212.86+ lbs

Near median

Position shows where the figure sits across the tracked category, not a quality judgment.

Official referencesProduct page

RECORD

How the assessment has moved.

Every announcement, release and reassessment behind the current classification.

Coming soon

Just launched

Active updates

Settled

Discontinued

Aug 2026 · AssessmentPre-Release Assessment revised 59 → 75
Jul 2026 · AssessmentPre-Release Assessment recorded at 59 of 100
Jan 2025 · DemoShown at CES 2025 expanding international visibility
Jan 2025 · DemoSE01 straight-knee gait videos circulate widely in early 2025
Oct 2024 · AnnouncementUnveiled with straight-knee bipedal gait demonstration

Questions

What people actually ask.

4 answered

OperationWhat makes the EngineAI SE01's gait different from other humanoid platforms?

Most bipeds walk with bent knees because of a mechanical deadlock in the joint chain. EngineAI’s demonstrations show straight-knee kinematics held with in-house harmonic joint modules and a combination of reinforcement and imitation learning, and the company cites energy efficiency across a range of speeds and terrains as the benefit. Each leg carries 6 degrees of freedom across hip, knee and ankle.

OperationCan the SE01 operate outdoors on natural terrain?

EngineAI describes a range of speeds and terrains but publishes no obstacle height, slope or stair figures, and a comparison note flags that absence. Field data from outdoor deployment is not public.

OperationCan the SE01 handle objects and tools?

It ships with five-finger dexterous hands supporting grasping and tool-like interaction, and EngineAI presents it as a general-purpose humanoid aimed at industrial tasks including assembly. Published task-completion data for manipulation work is not available.

OperationIs the SE01 available for academic research partnerships?

EngineAI has fielded units with research partners and industrial customers. Consumer purchase is not available; institutional partnerships are the current distribution model.

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Where to next

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EngineAI SE01

Will the EngineAI SE01 fit your scenario?

The full spec sheet.

How the assessment has moved.

What people actually ask.

Other humanoid robots we have classified.

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Reference the EngineAI SE01 classification.

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