Unitree ranks 2 on the Humanoids 100 with a score of 89; EngineAI ranks 46 with 65. Unitree is ahead on deployment, production, commercials, progress, technology, positioning and firepower. Level on leverage. EngineAI is based in Shenzhen, China, Unitree in Hangzhou, China. Unitree: Public, founded 2016. EngineAI is named in 91 signals and Unitree in 720.
EngineAI develops, markets, and sells full-size humanoid robots including the SE01, PM01, and T800. Its products are designed for dynamic movement, factory work, retail staffing, and other general-purpose applications.
Darker bar: ahead of the other company on that measure.
EngineAI is a Shenzhen humanoid maker (HongShan-backed) of compact full-size bipeds (the PM01 and SE01, 170cm, 32 DoF, known for viral front-flip gait demos) positioned as a sub-$10-12K price disruptor, with the SE01 launched in December 2024 at ~RMB 88,000. Henan state assets and Luxshare jointly invested at a ~RMB 10B valuation (April 2026, with Luxshare as industrial commercialization partner), and it filed for a Hong Kong IPO (August 2026), joining the Chinese humanoid listing wave. Its lineup now spans the SA02 companion, PM01, and full-size T800; revenue is undisclosed.
91 signals name EngineAI.
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Unitree designs, manufactures, and sells general-purpose bipedal humanoid robots including the G1, G1+, H1, and R1. It has reported mass production of approximately 18,000 bipedal humanoids.
Darker bar: ahead of the other company on that measure.
Unitree is the Chinese humanoid and quadruped leader (Shanghai STAR Market IPO in August 2026, ~$905M raised at ~$9B, closing up ~460-542% day one) that shipped 5,500 humanoids in 2025 (world #1 per its prospectus) with FY25 revenue of RMB 1.71B (~$250M, +335%) at ~60% gross margin, humanoids now 51.5% of core revenue. Its H2 full-size humanoid ships at $29,900 (the cheapest on the market) and its G1 at $13,500, with a $100K NVIDIA GR00T reference platform due late 2026, targeting ~20,000 humanoid shipments in 2026. A critical mix flag: >70% of 2025 humanoid sales were research and educational buyers, with industrial deployments under 10% of revenue, so its shipment count and its useful-work count are very different things.
720 signals name Unitree.
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Unitree ranks 2 on the Humanoids 100 with a score of 89; EngineAI ranks 46 with 65. Unitree is ahead on deployment, production, commercials, progress, technology, positioning and firepower. Level on leverage. EngineAI is based in Shenzhen, China, Unitree in Hangzhou, China. Unitree: Public, founded 2016. EngineAI is named in 91 signals and Unitree in 720.
Unitree ranks 2 on the Humanoids 100 with a score of 89; EngineAI ranks 46 with 65. Unitree is ahead on deployment, production, commercials, progress, technology, positioning and firepower. Level on leverage. EngineAI is based in Shenzhen, China, Unitree in Hangzhou, China. Unitree: Public, founded 2016. EngineAI is named in 91 signals and Unitree in 720. Both company files carry the scores on eight measures, the facts with sources and the latest signals.
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