PHYBOT · industrial humanoid
PHYBOT M1
A full-size electric biped from a startup founded by Tsinghua University alumni, pitched as a strength-first worker for heavy logistics jobs
- Price
- —Target price under US$42,000 reported by Inspenet; not confirmed by the maker in sources opened.
- Height
- 172 cmTaller than 69%
- Weight
- —Not published
- Payload
- 20 kgCarries more than 72%
- Speed
- —Not published
- Battery
- 2 hRuns longer than 15%
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Why it matters
The maker claims it is the first full-size electric humanoid to do a human-like standing backflip.
Real-world use
None named; pitched at heavy logistics work.
Maker
PHYBOTCompany · ChinaHow it stacks up
Against other humanoids that publish the figure. Pick a measure.
PHYBOT M1 is taller than 69% of the 305 other humanoids that publish a height. Bars show the 7 closest in date.
PHYBOT M1 carries more than 72% of the 132 other humanoids that publish a payload. Bars show the 7 closest in date.
PHYBOT M1 has more joints than 54% of the 236 other humanoids that publish a joints. Bars show the 7 closest in date.
PHYBOT M1 runs longer than 15% of the 119 other humanoids that publish a battery. Bars show the 7 closest in date.
Not published by the maker: weight, speed, price.
What it has been shown doing
1 of 14 skills we track, each from a public video or report. Demos can be staged or remote-controlled; we say so when the source does.
- Jump & acrobaticsvideo posted 21 Nov 2025 shows a standing backflip with a controlled landing · Nov 2025 · interestingengineering.com
Not shown yet:SortAssembleFoldKitchenToolsFineStairsTerrainGet upRunCarryOn siteAutonomous
Public attention
How much public attention PHYBOT M1 gets, from open data.
- No Wikipedia article of its own yet
- 2 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.
- Movement
- Walks on legs · 32 joints
- Actuators & motors
- 32 DoF; joints up to 530 N·m peak torque in lab tests; torque density about 200 N·m/kg; bursts above 10 kW. Actuator type not stated.
- Hands
- Arms lift 10-20 kg.
- Sensors & vision
- 3D lidar, stereo RGB cameras and an IMU.
- Compute
- NVIDIA Jetson Orin plus an Intel Core i7.
- Battery & power
- 72 V system with dual swappable 9 Ah batteries; over 2 hours.
- AI & software
- In-house control software, not based on open-source frameworks.
- Other details
- 1.72 m, under 60 kg. A modular backpack carries over 50 kg. Video shows backflips and a 'Superman' landing.
From the maker
PHYBOT M1 is the only humanoid from PHYBOT in the atlas.
Watch PHYBOT M1
Made, sold and where
Unit counts are usually company figures; analysts often disagree.
- Price
- Not publishedTarget price under US$42,000 reported by Inspenet; not confirmed by the maker in sources opened.
- How to get one
- No official buying page found
- Where it is sold or used
- China
- Customers and pilots
- None named; pitched at heavy logistics work.
News
The latest 2, newest first. Summaries are ours; tap through for the original.
- PHYBOT M1 profiled for torque and power
Inspenet summarised M1's 530 N·m joints, Orin-plus-i7 compute and a target price under $42,000.
Inspenet - PHYBOT M1 lands a backflip
Interesting Engineering covered the video and specs of PHYBOT's strength-first biped.
Interesting Engineering
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 | PHYBOT M1PHYBOT |  Agile ONEAgile RobotsSame jobs: industrial, logistics · Both walk · Both in development · Similar size |  MenteeBot V3.0Mentee RoboticsSame jobs: industrial, logistics · Both walk · Both in development · Similar size | No public photo yetWe only show photos we're allowed to useBorg 01Borg RoboticsSame jobs: industrial, logistics · Both walk · Both in development · Similar size |
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| First shown | 2025-11-21 | 2025-11-19 | 2025-02-12 | 2025-04 |
| Status | Prototype | Prototype | Prototype | Prototype |
| Height | 172 cm | 174 cm | 175 cm | 173 cm |
| Weight | — | 69 kg | — | — |
| Joints | 32 | — | — | — |
| Speed | — | 7.2 km/h | 5.4 km/h | — |
| Payload | 20 kg | 20 kg | 25 kg | — |
| Battery | 2 h | — | — | 12 h |
| Price | — | — | — | — |
Sources
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