MagicBot Z1

MagicLab's MagicBot Z1 (unveiled July 8, 2025 in Beijing) is a roughly 140-centimeter, 40-kilogram humanoid (24-to-49 degrees of freedom, in-house actuators) marketed for agile motion via side-flip and martial-arts demonstrations; the MagicBot Gen1 has appeared in factory multi-robot demos. DEPLOY records it at pilot maturity with no verified deployments. The verified-vs-claimed point is central here: the side-flip and martial-arts clips are choreographed or teleoperated demonstrations, not autonomous task performance, and the factory demos are demonstrations, not verified at-scale deployment. As a pilot platform it has no consumer price.

Readiness

MagicBot Z1 is internal use only (not for retail), no capability claims are on file, the model has no verified field deployments in the registry, and no incidents are on record.

Availability

internal-only

Internal use only (not for retail).

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Price honesty

no-price

No price points on file for MagicBot Z1.

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Capability honesty

no-claims

No reviewed capability claims on file for MagicBot Z1.

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Real-world use

pilot

Maturity: pilot. No verified deployments in the registry.

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Safety record

no-incidents

No incidents on record. No verified deployments either.

What it claims to do

No reviewed capability claims on file.

Price

No reviewed price points on file.

Real-world use

No verified deployments on file for MagicBot Z1.

Safety record

No incidents on record. No verified deployments either, so the absence is uninformative.

Privacy

No privacy practices disclosed or on file for MagicBot Z1.

Specs

notes

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specs

MagicBot Z1 (unveiled Jul 8 2025, Beijing): ~140 cm, ~40 kg, 24-49 DoF, in-house actuators; marketed for agile motion (side-flip / martial-arts demos). MagicBot Gen1 shown in factory multi-robot demos.

formFactor

humanoid (high-dynamics bipedal humanoid; in-house actuators)

What's under the hood

No brain on file for MagicBot Z1.

Frequently asked questions

Is the MagicBot Z1 actually available for purchase?

Not available to consumers. In internal use by MagicLab.Source: MagicLab bags ~$20.6M (150M yuan) angel round (Zhuichuang VC)

What does the MagicBot Z1 cost?

Not announced.

Where is the MagicBot Z1 being used?

No verified field deployments on record.

Is the MagicBot Z1 safe?

No incidents on record, but with no verified field deployments either, the absence is uninformative.

How does the MagicBot Z1 handle privacy?

No privacy practices disclosed or on file for MagicBot Z1.

Who makes the MagicBot Z1?

MagicBot Z1 is made by MagicLab, based in Wuxi, China.Source: MagicLab bags ~$20.6M (150M yuan) angel round (Zhuichuang VC)

Video

Compared to

• Walker S2by UBTech Robotics · humanoid
• Fourier GR-2by Fourier Intelligence · humanoid
• EngineAI SE01by EngineAI · humanoid

Sources

1. MagicLab bags ~$20.6M (150M yuan) angel round (Zhuichuang VC) · https://www.yicaiglobal.com/news/chinese-embodied-ai-startup-magiclab-bags-usd206-million-in-angel-funds-report-says ↗
2. MagicBot Z1 launched (140 cm, 40 kg, 24-49 DoF; agile-motion demos) · https://interestingengineering.com/ai-robotics/china-humanoid-robot-nails-martial-arts-moves ↗
3. MagicLab strategic round; Dreame incubation + factory/retail procurement · https://autonews.gasgoo.com/articles/icv/seeds-magiclab-officially-announces-500-million-yuan-new-funding-2031616054575349761 ↗
4. MagicLab / Dreame incubation + procurement relationship · https://www.humanoids.wiki/p/magiclab-dreame ↗
5. MagicLab MagicBot general-purpose humanoid official product page · https://www.magiclab.top/en/human ↗
6. MagicLab (official site) · https://www.magiclab.top/en/ ↗
7. MagicLab official YouTube (@MagicLab_Robot), embedded under standard YouTube embed terms. oEmbed author_url verified 2026-06. · https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XGfSCtQzaKw ↗ · 2026-06-06