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) at no price disclosed (not announced), the 1 capability claim on file is all demo-only with demonstrated once, 2 verified deployments are on file, and no incidents are on record.

Availability

internal-only

Internal use only (not for retail).

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Price honesty

not-announced

One price on file: (no price disclosed, not announced).

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Capability honesty

demo-only

1 reviewed claim: demo-only, demonstrated once.

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Real-world use

pilot

Maturity: pilot. 2 verified deployments in the registry.

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Safety record

no-incidents

No incidents on record. 2 verified deployments on file.

What it claims to do

• Picks and packsdemo-only· demonstrated onceevidence ↗

Price

• (no price disclosed)not announced · as of 2025-07-08

Real-world use

• China, Asia operated by MagicLab2024-06-01
• United States (multiple hotel chains) operated by MagicLab2024-06-01

Safety record

No incidents on record. 2 verified deployments on file.

Privacy

No privacy practices disclosed or on file for MagicBot Z1.

Specs

dof

24-49

notes

• Verified: MagicLab (Magic Atom; entity Magiclab Robotics Technology (Wuxi); founded ~Dec 2023/Jan 2024; incubated by Dreame Technology; founder Wu Changzheng, who led Xiaomi's CyberDog quadruped program) makes the MagicBot humanoid and the high-dynamics MagicBot Z1. Raised a 150M yuan (~$20.6M) angel round (Yicai/36Kr) plus a later strategic round.
• Maturity = pilot (early): Real money + credible founder + factory demo footage, but the order book splits 130M yuan SIGNED vs 500M yuan INTENDED, and the Dreame relationship is partly captive (incubator buying its own portfolio robot) - weaker than arm's-length third-party demand. No named independent operators. maturityStage=pilot (research-to-pilot).
• Claimed but NOT verified: 'Sold out on JD.com in minutes' after the 2026 Spring Festival Gala (SEO-blog sourced; the Gala dance segment is real, the sellout is not); 500M yuan 'intended' contracts (intent, not orders); deployments 'across cities / cultural-tourism' with no named operators; Z1 side-flip/martial-arts clips are staged-demo capability, not field capability.

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.

height_cm

~140 cm

weight_kg

~40 kg

formFactor

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

What's under the hood

No brain on file for MagicBot Z1.

Frequently asked questions

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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. MagicBot Z1 -- Magic Lab official; Chinese humanoid robotics company focused on dexterous manipulation; MagicBot Z1 demonstrated impressive real-time dexterous manipulation including card sorting, folding, and object pick-and-place in widely shared 2024 demonstration videos; whole-body dexterous manipulation capability with 53 DoF; targets manufacturing and general-purpose service applications · https://www.magiclab.ai/ ↗
8. MagicBot Z1 demonstrates dexterous humanoid manipulation -- IEEE Spectrum; Chinese startup Magic Lab's MagicBot Z1 attracted attention with 2024 demonstration videos showing fluid dexterous manipulation including card handling and assembly tasks; 53 DoF whole-body system; neural-network-based motion planning enabling real-time adaptation; no confirmed industrial deployment as of 2024 · https://spectrum.ieee.org/magicbot-z1-dexterous-manipulation/ ↗ · 2024-06-01

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