Qiyuan Robotics, Swancor Advanced Materials · home humanoid
Qiyuan T1
启元 T1
A home robot with a small head unit, two arms and wheel-tipped legs that stands about 1 m tall as a humanoid (child's eye level) and folds down to walk on all fours, crossing 15 cm obstacles and 30-degree slopes in that mode. It offers hand-holding with force control, companionship and language teaching, following and camera tricks, with a 10 kg static load (about 3 kg while following).
- Price
- $2,800Cheaper than 93%
- Height
- 100 cmTaller than 8%
- Weight
- —Not published
- Payload
- 10 kgCarries more than 41%
- Speed
- —Not published
- Battery
- —Not published
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Why it matters
Marketed by its maker as the first transformable personal robot, switching between a two-legged humanoid form and a four-legged form.
Real-world use
Shown at WAIC 2026 (Jul 2026); went on sale at a Shanghai launch on 20 Sep 2026, with deliveries from 1 Oct 2026 through stores in Shenzhen, Shanghai and Hangzhou.
Timeline
- First shown
- 2026-07-14
- Released
- Not yet
Maker
Qiyuan Robotics, Swancor Advanced MaterialsCompanyHow it stacks up
Against other humanoids that publish the figure. Pick a measure.
Qiyuan T1 (启元 T1) is taller than 8% of the 305 other humanoids that publish a height. Bars show the 7 closest in date.
Qiyuan T1 (启元 T1) carries more than 41% of the 132 other humanoids that publish a payload. Bars show the 7 closest in date.
Qiyuan T1 (启元 T1) 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: weight, speed, joints, battery.
Public attention
A hidden gem: a recent robot with full published specs that gets little attention so far.
- No Wikipedia article of its own yet
- No recent press stories listed yet
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
No component details published yet.
- Hands
- simple
- Movement
- Walks on legs
From the maker
Qiyuan T1 (启元 T1) is the only humanoid from Qiyuan Robotics (启元机器人), Swancor Advanced Materials (上纬新材) in the atlas.
Made, sold and where
No production or sales figures published yet.
- Price
- $2,80019,999 yuan for T1 and 29,999 yuan for T1 Pro at the Sep 2026 launch (USD approximate)
- How to get one
- No official buying page found
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 | Qiyuan T1 (启元 T1)Qiyuan Robotics (启元机器人), Swancor Advanced Materials (上纬新材) |  Tiangong OmniBeijing Humanoid Robot Innovation Center (X-Humanoid)Same jobs: home, entertainment · Both walk · Both on sale or in pilots · Similar size |  N2Noetix RoboticsSame job: entertainment · Both walk · Both on sale or in pilots · Similar size · Similar price |  R1Unitree RoboticsSame job: entertainment · Both walk · Both on sale or in pilots · Similar size · Similar price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| First shown | 2026-07-14 | 2026-08-19 | 2025-03 | 2025-07-25 |
| Status | Commercial | Commercial | Commercial | Commercial |
| Height | 100 cm | 135 cm | 118 cm | 123 cm |
| Weight | — | 39.5 kg | 30 kg | 29 kg |
| Joints | — | 31 | 18 | 26 |
| Speed | — | — | 12.6 km/h | — |
| Payload | 10 kg | — | 5 kg | — |
| Battery | — | — | 2 h | 1 h |
| Price | $2,800 | — | $5,500 | $5,900 |
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