EngineAI's current official displayed price for PM01 is CNY 188,000. The official product-purchase page shows PM01 at ¥188000 in a Chinese-yuan product context, but it does not establish a universal landed price that includes international freight, duties, tax, every sensor, compute option or developer package. Rendering that amount as JPY 188,000 would be a currency error.
Treat the number as a starting point for a written configuration. EngineAI's PM01 material separates Business and Education specifications and describes low-level hardware interfaces plus training and deployment code. The public pages do not, by themselves, prove which edition the displayed amount buys, which repositories a customer receives, the licenses attached to them or the regional service commitment.
CNY 188,000 is an official display, not a complete international quote
The same purchase page lists SA01 at ¥42000, reinforcing that the symbol is being used for Chinese yuan. Any conversion to dollars, euros, won or yen is a time-sensitive estimate and should retain the original CNY amount and check date. Payment fees, taxes and import treatment can materially change the cash cost.
Ask the seller to identify the PM01 edition, hands, cameras, compute, batteries, charger, remote, packing, insurance, Incoterm, warranty, training, delivery window and destination support. A Buy Now label does not prove that a configured robot is in stock, exportable to every country or covered by on-site service.
| Quote item | Publicly visible | Still required in writing |
|---|---|---|
| Displayed amount | CNY 188,000 | Tax, freight, duty and payment terms |
| Product | PM01 | Business or Education edition and bill of materials |
| Delivery | Price page offers a purchase route | Stock, production, export and arrival date |
| Support | A PM01 support page exists | Region, response time, term and repair route |
Business and Education specifications must not be collapsed into one PM01
The official PM01 product page lists the Business Edition at about 42 kilograms including battery, with 23 degrees of freedom and a four-core CPU. It lists the Education Edition at about 43 kilograms, 24 degrees of freedom, two depth cameras at the head and waist, an NVIDIA Jetson Orin NX 16 GB module and secondary-development support.
The public price tile does not clearly bind all of those Education features to CNY 188,000. A research purchase should therefore name the edition and part number, not merely PM01. Require a signed configuration matrix, connector list, delivery photographs and a process for rejecting a unit whose compute, cameras or development interfaces differ.
| Official specification | Business Edition | Education Edition |
|---|---|---|
| Mass with battery | About 42 kg | About 43 kg |
| Total DoF | 23 | 24 |
| Compute | Four-core CPU listed | Four-core CPU plus Orin NX 16 GB listed |
| Perception and development | Confirm in quote | Two depth cameras and secondary development listed |
Translate openness into repositories, licenses and control privileges
EngineAI describes PM01 as fully open and says it provides low-level hardware interfaces and code support for training and deployment. That statement should not be expanded into a claim that all firmware, mechanical files, training data, drivers and commercial redistribution rights are open. Each artifact can have a different owner and license.
The official PM01 support page exposes a user-manual area, teaching video and software-upgrade history. A developer should verify repository URLs and owners, license files, supported branch, ROS distribution if applicable, firmware compatibility, root access, recovery image, bootloader procedure, issue tracker and end-of-support policy using the account that will be delivered.
Mobility specifications and showcase motions do not prove an application
The product page describes at least 23 degrees of freedom, more than 300 degrees of waist rotation, hardware support for speed above 2 meters per second, a quick-release 10,000-mAh battery and nearly two hours of battery life. These are manufacturer figures whose result can change with edition, payload, temperature, compute load, gait and battery condition.
Forward flips, running and dancing demonstrate selected dynamic-control capabilities under selected conditions. They do not measure perception, manipulation, safety or repeated task completion in an unfamiliar workplace. A proof of concept should declare the starting state, object set, denominator of all trials, human interventions, falls, resets and recovery time before testing begins.
The purchase agreement must separate the robot from development services
An international order also needs settlement currency, import responsibility, lithium-battery transport, inspection after arrival, spare-parts access, remote-support hours, return shipping and repair turnaround. Include an acceptance period and remedies for a configuration mismatch or material defect rather than relying on an online product description.
For a development platform, running one example is insufficient acceptance. Reproduce sensor timestamps, joint state and command rates, emergency stop, communications loss, logging, simulator assets, calibration files and a full software reinstall. Record exact firmware, operating-system image and SDK hashes so a later update does not silently change the experiment.
| Contract line | Minimum detail |
|---|---|
| Robot | Edition, DoF, hands, sensors, compute and battery |
| Development | SDK, repositories, licenses, privileges and versions |
| Operations | Charging, spares, training, warranty and service |
| Cross-border | Currency, freight, insurance, duty and return repair |
Use a written quote and a small acceptance test as the final decision gate
Cross-check the summary figures on the official EngineAI homepage against the dated product and support pages. Use the humanoid robot price guide to align total-cost categories, the Physical AI company ecosystem for market context and the robot-video evaluation guide to keep a dynamic demo in its evidentiary lane.
A sensible sequence is a written interface requirement, exact-edition quote, remote evidence session and time-bounded acceptance on the delivered configuration. CNY 188,000 is useful current information, but it is not the decision by itself. The decision depends on landed configuration, usable developer rights, support term and repeatable performance on the intended task.
Frequently asked questions
Is the PM01 price 188,000 Japanese yen?
No. The official purchase page uses ¥188000 in a Chinese-yuan context. The amount is CNY 188,000, and any local-currency conversion should retain the original currency and date.
Does CNY 188,000 include the PM01 Education Edition?
The public price tile does not clearly establish the complete included edition. Put the edition, cameras, Orin NX, hands, batteries and developer access into the official quote.
Is every part of PM01 open source?
The manufacturer describes low-level interfaces and training and deployment code support. That is not proof that every firmware, CAD file, dataset and commercial right is open; inspect each delivered repository and license.
Official sources checked
- EngineAI official product purchase page
- EngineAI PM01 official product page
- EngineAI PM01 official support page
- EngineAI official homepage
2026-08-07