SE01

The ENGINEAI SE01 humanoid robot, developed by Shenzhen EngineAI Robotics Technology Co., Ltd., marks a significant milestone as the world's first full-size general-purpose humanoid to achieve a truly anthropomorphic walking gait. Launched in October 2024, the SE01 stands at 170 cm tall, closely mimicking human proportions with an aircraft-grade aluminum alloy frame that ensures lightweight durability, ruggedness, and versatility for diverse applications. Its architecture is built around a full-stack self-developed joint system, incorporating planetary, harmonic, and linear actuators that deliver high torque density (up to 130 N·m/kg), precision, and stability. The robot boasts 32 degrees of freedom overall, enabling fluid, dynamic movements such as walking at 2 m/s (approximately 7.2 km/h), running, jumping, squatting, push-ups, turning, and even advanced maneuvers like front flips in related models. A standout feature is its bionic five-fingered dexterous hand with 6 degrees of freedom per hand, equipped with high-precision servo drives and force feedback control for multidimensional fingertip and knuckle operations, allowing precise grasping of moving objects and complex manipulation tasks. At the core of SE01's intelligence is the Engine Sense Audio-Visual Perception System, integrating LiDAR, RGBD depth cameras, infrared cameras, IMU sensors, and high-precision force control sensors to form a multi-dimensional perception matrix. This enables all-weather, high-precision environmental detection, dynamic obstacle avoidance, and vision-action coordination in real-time closed-loop processes: perception → data processing → decision-making → execution. The motion control leverages end-to-end neural network training on massive motion datasets, combined with reinforcement learning (RL) policies deployed via ONNX runtime (v1.19.0). The open-source GitHub repository (engineai_humanoid) reveals a hybrid model-based and learning-based locomotion framework based on MIT Cheetah-Software, running on Ubuntu 20.04 with a NeZha mainboard. RL policies (e.g., zqsa01_policy.onnx) handle bipedal locomotion, with joystick controls for modes like RL walking, bias calibration for IMU drift, and LCM communication for debugging. Hardware includes Gigabit Ethernet and USB 3.0 ports, dual speakers, and a high-capacity quick-release lithium battery (optimized for 2 hours of high-intensity operation, 80% charge in 2 hours with intelligent energy management). Reports suggest integration with NVIDIA Jetson Orin for AI acceleration. Real-world deployments highlight SE01's prowess: campus long-distance walking tests in Shenzhen, CES 2025 showcases alongside PM01 and SA01, and public demos praised by NVIDIA scientists for natural gait fluidity often mistaken for CGI. Backed by JD.com and CATL, EngineAI positions SE01 as a prototype evolving toward commercial viability, with plans for small-batch deliveries by 2026. While primarily demo-focused, its open-source RL stack and dynamic performance position it for research, education, and industrial pilots in manipulation, navigation, and human-robot interaction. Challenges like thermal management (active cooling in successors) and LLM integration (not specified) remain, but SE01's human-like biomechanics and perception fusion advance embodied AI toward general-purpose utility.