AgiBot (Zhiyuan Robotics) · education humanoid
AGIBOT Q1
A backpack-sized, 80 cm walking humanoid that AgiBot co-founder Peng Zhihui revealed on Bilibili at the end of 2025. It keeps full-body force control by shrinking the company's quasi-direct-drive joints, and it comes with open SDK and hardware kits, a 3D-printable shell, zero-code motion programming, voice chat and simple tutoring and dance-coaching functions.
- Price
- $2,800Cheaper than 93%
- Height
- 80 cmTaller than 4%
- Weight
- 15 kgHeavier than 5%
- Payload
- —Not published
- Speed
- —Not published
- Battery
- —Not published
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Why it matters
AgiBot markets it as its first 'personal' humanoid, small enough to carry in a backpack.
Real-world use
First shipments expected September 2026 (QbitAI, August 2026).
Maker
AgiBot (Zhiyuan Robotics)Company · founded 2023 · Shanghai, ChinaValued at about $2.1 billion (PitchBook, March 2025); targeting a Hong Kong IPO
How it stacks up
Against other humanoids that publish the figure. Pick a measure.
AGIBOT Q1 is taller than 4% of the 305 other humanoids that publish a height. Bars show the 7 closest in date.
AGIBOT Q1 is heavier than 5% of the 277 other humanoids that publish a weight. Bars show the 7 closest in date.
AGIBOT Q1 costs less than 93% of the 85 other humanoids that publish a price. Bars show the 7 closest in date.
Not published by the maker: speed, payload, joints, battery.
What it has been shown doing
We checked public videos and press for AGIBOT Q1 and found no clear demo of the skills we track yet.
Public attention
How much public attention AGIBOT Q1 gets, from open data.
- No Wikipedia article of its own yet
- 3 news stories from reputable press listed on this page
Measures how much people read and write about a robot, not how good it is. Measured 2026-10-14; same method for every robot. How it is measured
What’s inside
The parts the company has talked about publicly.
- Hands
- unknown
- Movement
- Walks on legs
- Actuators & motors
- Miniaturised quasi-direct-drive (QDD) joints said to be smaller than an egg, keeping full-body force control and fast response.
- Materials & build
- About 0.8 m tall (about 0.5 m folded) and roughly one-eighth the volume and weight of a full-size humanoid; fits a 30-35 L backpack. Exterior parts are open-source and 3D-printable, with swappable heads.
- AI & software
- Open SDK/HDK, zero-code motion and behaviour programming; built-in 'Lingxin' AI platform for conversation, Q&A, English practice and dance coaching.
- Other details
- Revealed by AgiBot co-founder Peng Zhihui on Bilibili on 31 Dec 2025. The same robot was announced the same day as the Qiyuan Q1 of Swancor Advanced Materials (PrimeBOT), the AgiBot-controlled listed company Peng chairs; sales are through Swancor's Qiyuan brand (see swancor-primebot-qiyuan-q1-2025).
Lineage
Every AgiBot (Zhiyuan Robotics) humanoid in order.
RAISE A1 (Yuanzheng / Expedition A1)2023Retired
Lingxi X12024Research
AGIBOT A2-Max (Yuanzheng A2-Max)2024Prototype
AGIBOT A2-W (Yuanzheng A2-W)2024Commercial
Yuanzheng A22024Commercial
AGIBOT Genie G12024Commercial
Lingxi X22025Commercial
AGIBOT Genie G22025Commercial- AGIBOT Q12025Prototype
AGIBOT A32026Commercial
AgiBot (Zhiyuan Robotics) also makes 2 machines. See every AgiBot (Zhiyuan Robotics) robot
Watch AGIBOT Q1
Made, sold and where
Unit counts are usually company figures; analysts often disagree.
- Price
- $2,80019,999 yuan as Qiyuan Q1 (about US$2,800); Explorer edition 26,999 yuan
- How to get one
- No official buying page found
- Sold or delivered
- Sold as Qiyuan Q1 from 20 Sep 2026 (see Swancor entry)
- Where it is sold or used
- China
- Customers and pilots
- Researchers, makers and families
News
The latest 3, newest first. Summaries are ours; tap through for the original.
- AgiBot's backpack-sized Quester 1
Mugglehead reports AgiBot's 0.8 m Q1, with price and release date not yet given at reveal.
Mugglehead - Mini humanoid fits in a backpack
Interesting Engineering describes Q1's shrunken QDD joints, open SDK and 3D-printable shell.
Interesting Engineering - Peng Zhihui reveals personal robot Q1
Cailian Press reports the 0.8 m Q1 folds into a backpack and targets research and interaction.
Cailian Press (cls.cn)
Side by side with its peers
Picked by the same rules for every humanoid: another maker’s robot that moves the same way, is at the same stage and does at least one of the same main jobs, first shown within two years. Closer size and price rank higher. How we choose
| Measure | AGIBOT Q1AgiBot (Zhiyuan Robotics) |  Protoclone V1Clone RoboticsSame job: home · Both walk · Both in development |  HMND 01 (bipedal Alpha)Humanoid (SKL Robotics Ltd)Same job: home · Both walk · Both in development |  XR4 "Xiaozi"CloudMinds (DataA Robotics)Same job: home · Both walk · Both in development |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| First shown | 2025-12-31 | 2025-02-20 | 2025-12-02 | 2024-07 |
| Status | Prototype | Prototype | Prototype | Prototype |
| Height | 80 cm | — | — | — |
| Weight | 15 kg | — | — | — |
| Joints | — | 200 | — | — |
| Speed | — | — | — | — |
| Payload | — | — | — | — |
| Battery | — | — | — | — |
| Price | $2,800 | — | — | — |
Sources
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