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Summary
MagicBot Z1 is MagicLab's compact humanoid robot platform for research, demonstrations and commercial development.
Identity
Status
Active
Category
Humanoid
Type
Humanoid
Function
Locomotion
Audience
Developers
Physical
WEIGHT
~40kg with battery
MAX ARM PAYLOAD
2-3kg
Performance
DOF
24-50 (dev version)
ARM DOF
5
LEG DOF
6
BATTERY
15-cell 10000mAh quick-release, ~2h life
Systems
COMPUTE
8-core CPU
Other
STANDING DIMENSIONS
1369x422x200mm
SENSORS
3D LiDAR, depth cam, binocular fisheye, head tactile
MAX KNEE TORQUE
100-130 Nm
Capabilities
CLAIMED (date not recorded) — Navigation and obstacle avoidance: MagicLab lists autonomous navigation and obstacle avoidance for MagicBot Z1.
Weight — ranked across 88 Humanoid platforms · this robot ranks #67
Payload — ranked across 69 Humanoid platforms · this robot ranks #63
Degrees of freedom — ranked across 89 Humanoid platforms · this robot ranks #62
Comparable systems — same status tier
Other systems from MagicLab
Context & Benchmark
Comparable systems: PM01 (EngineAI), SA01 (EngineAI), E1 (Noetix Robotics), Haribit (Haribit), HUBO2 (Rainbow Robotics), TORO (DLR). Related systems: Figure 03 (Figure AI), MenteeBot (Mentee Robotics), CyberOne (Xiaomi), MATRIX-3 (Matrix Robotics), Atom 01 (General Autonomy), Sprout Creator Edition (Fauna Robotics).
Timeline
DEMONSTRATION (17 Aug 2025) — 'MagicBot Z1 wins bronze at World Humanoid Robot Games': won bronze at Beijing games (15-17 Aug 2025); 500+ humanoid robots from 16 countries competed in 26 events including football, athletics, boxing; Z1 placed third overall.
Research
TOOL (06 Jul 2024) — 'fan-ziqi/robot_lab': Apache-2.0 reinforcement-learning extension built on NVIDIA Isaac Lab; README registers model-specific simulation environments across quadruped/wheeled-quadruped/humanoid platforms including tracked products; runnable training/playback commands, directs Gazebo/real-robot execution to separate rl_sar project.