EngineAI T800 explained: the 1.73 m humanoid used by URKL, ARC and CyberHero

The T800 is a full-size humanoid robot from the Shenzhen company EngineAI. Shanghai Securities News dates its presentation to 1 December 2025, and PConline reported that sales opened at launch at a starting price of RMB 180,000. It is the single robot used by every team in URKL, the heavyweight of ARC and the robot of Hero Esports' CyberHero league.

The machine

EngineAI's product page lists a height of 173 cm, a leg length of 91 cm and a weight of 75 to 85 kg depending on the configuration. Launch coverage gave 75 kg. The frame is aerospace-grade aluminium alloy, which the product page says is combined with titanium alloy. Peak joint torque reaches 450 N·m, and both launch reports put peak joint power at 14,000 W. EngineAI says the hardware supports speeds of 2 m/s or more.

There are four editions: Basic, an open development version, Pro and Max. On the product page Basic has 25 degrees of freedom, while Pro moves to seven-axis arms and adds two seven-axis hands for 43 in total, and Max reaches 46. PConline's launch report gave 29 joint degrees of freedom, the figure EngineAI lists for the Pro body without its hands. Only Pro and Max carry 3D lidar. Battery life is given as 3 to 5 hours in the spec table and 4 to 5 hours in launch coverage, which described a solid-state battery. EngineAI notes that some features are still being tested.

In the ring

URKL, run by EngineAI itself, opened on 16 July 2026 at the Nanshan Cultural and Sports Center in Shenzhen with 32 teams, all on the same T800, according to the Shenzhen government. Bouts are scored on effective strikes, stability, defence and evasion, and durability. Read our report on the opening night.

Outside China, Hero Esports launched CyberHero with T800s on 9 September 2026 at Boulevard City in Riyadh, the first stop of a planned eight-city season (our article). On 7 October 2026 at *SCAPE in Singapore, ARC paired a T800 heavyweight with a 35 kg Unitree G1 in each team, both steered in real time by combat athletes wearing motion-capture suits (our report).

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