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, 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

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. 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

• Picks and packsdemo-only· demonstrated onceevidence ↗

Price

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

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

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

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?

MagicBot Z1 costs no price disclosed (not announced).

Does the MagicBot Z1 really picks and packs?

Demonstrated in a demo; no real-world verification.Sources: 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, 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

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 Beijing, China.Source: MagicLab bags ~$20.6M (150M yuan) angel round (Zhuichuang VC)

Video

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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