Key Takeaways
- EngineAI publishes no current T800 price on its own websites. Neither its international nor its Chinese product page shows one, and the “Buy Now” button leads to a JD.com search (checked October 24, 2026).
- Until late September 2026, EngineAI listed four T800 editions in US dollars: $40,500, $54,000, $63,000 and $80,800. Archived copies show the list on September 21 and gone by September 30.
- The widely quoted “$25,000” is a currency conversion of the 180,000-yuan launch price in China. In every archived copy I found, EngineAI’s own US dollar list started at $40,500.
- The former US dollar list implied about 4.44 yuan per dollar against a market rate of about 6.67, so a converted Chinese price tells an international buyer little.
- EngineAI says the first T800 production batch rolled off its Shenzhen line in May 2026, but the Humanoid Reality Index has no verified customer deployment on record.
EngineAI publishes no price for the T800 on its own websites right now. The US dollar list disappeared from the international product page in late September 2026, the yuan list on the Chinese page is gone too, and as of October 24, 2026 neither page shows a figure. The last published lists ran from $40,500 to $80,800 for four editions outside China, and from 180,000 to 360,000 yuan inside China.
This page documents what the T800 cost while EngineAI still published a price, where the “$25,000” figure comes from, what you can do today if you want one, what the four editions include, and how I checked that the price is really gone from EngineAI’s own sites. Every price links to EngineAI’s own pages or to a dated archived copy of them.
Table of Contents
What Is the EngineAI T800 Price in 2026?
The EngineAI T800 price is not published in October 2026. The international T800 product page lists the specifications of all four editions but no price, and its “Buy Now” button opens a search for the T800 on JD.com, China’s large online marketplace. The Chinese product page does the same with its “立即购买” (buy now) button. EngineAI’s product purchase page lists prices for two other models, the PM01 and the SA01, and not the T800.
The Humanoid Reality Index entry for the T800 records the price status as “List price withdrawn”. On JD.com itself, the only T800 listing I could find on October 24, 2026 belongs to a third-party seller and shows its price only after login. A reseller listing is not a manufacturer price in any case, and I do not quote one here.
EngineAI no longer publishes a price for the T800 humanoid robot. Its international product page listed four editions from $40,500 to $80,800 until at least September 21, 2026, and archived copies show the list removed by September 30, 2026; both of its product pages now link only to a JD.com search.
What Did the T800 Cost Before EngineAI Removed the Price?
Until late September 2026 the T800 had two official price lists, one in US dollars for international buyers and one in yuan for China. Both are preserved in the Internet Archive.
| Edition | Former US dollar list (international site) | Former yuan list (Chinese site) |
|---|---|---|
| Basic | $40,500 | 180,000 yuan |
| Open Source | $54,000 | 240,000 yuan |
| Pro | $63,000 | 280,000 yuan |
| Max | $80,800 | 360,000 yuan |
The US dollar list comes from the archived international product page of September 15, 2026, where each edition carried a “Price（USD）” row. An archived copy from September 21 is identical. The copy from September 30, 2026 has no price row left. The yuan list comes from the archived Chinese product page of August 26, 2026, which showed 18万, 24万, 28万 and 36万 yuan (万 means 10,000). The archive holds no copy of the Chinese page between August 26 and October 9, so I cannot date the removal of the yuan list more precisely than that; it was gone when the Humanoid Reality Index checked on October 5.
The two lists were not the same price in two currencies. At the European Central Bank reference rate of 6.6702 yuan per dollar on October 23, 2026, the Chinese list converts to about $26,990, $35,980, $41,980 and $53,970. At that rate the former US dollar list was about 1.5 times those amounts for every edition. Put differently, the dollar list priced every edition at about $0.225 per yuan of the Chinese list, which implies about 4.44 yuan per dollar instead of a market rate of 6.67. The rate is derived from the ECB’s euro reference rates for the yuan and the dollar. The chart shows the gap.
Where Does the $25,000 T800 Price Come From?
The $25,000 figure is the Chinese launch price converted into dollars, not a price EngineAI listed in dollars in any archived copy I found. When EngineAI unveiled the T800 on December 8, 2025, it announced the robot as “priced starting at 180,000 yuan” in four editions: Basic, Eco (Open Source), Enhanced (Pro) and Flagship (Max). At the Chinese launch, buyers could reserve the T800 on JD.com with a deposit, “from 180,000 yuan” (PingWest, December 2, 2025). News coverage converted that to roughly $25,000, and the number stuck, including in an earlier issue of my own newsletter.
The problem is that the dollar price EngineAI actually published for international buyers started at $40,500. A buyer outside China who budgeted $25,000 off the converted yuan price would have been $15,500 short for the cheapest edition. At today’s exchange rate the conversion would even be slightly higher, about $27,000, which shows how little a converted domestic price says about what an international buyer actually pays. My humanoid robot price tracker counts only prices a maker publishes itself, and it now carries the T800 as “List price withdrawn”.
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Can You Buy an EngineAI T800 Today?
Possibly, but not at a price you can see in advance. EngineAI’s only purchase path for the T800 is the “Buy Now” link to a JD.com search. On October 24, 2026 that search turned up a third-party listing whose price is hidden behind a JD login, and no international offer. Outside China, expect to ask EngineAI directly and to receive a quote rather than a list price.
EngineAI does say it can deliver. In its May 22, 2026 announcement, the company said its Honghualing manufacturing base in Shenzhen had gone into operation, covers 12,000 square meters and can produce “one humanoid robot every 15 minutes”, with every robot passing “79 comprehensive quality inspections and 46 different operational condition simulation tests” before delivery. The headline frames this as a step “toward 10,000-unit scale delivery”, which is a capacity goal, not a delivery count.
If you are evaluating the T800, ask for four things in writing before you treat any quote as comparable: the edition, whether the quote includes the battery option and compute module you need, the warranty, and the delivery terms to your country. The robots you can order today with a verified price are listed in my guide to humanoid robots for sale.
What Are the EngineAI T800 Specs by Edition?
All four editions share the same 173 cm body and differ in joints, hands and onboard compute. These are the specifications on EngineAI’s international product page as of October 24, 2026.
| Edition | Joints (degrees of freedom) | Hands | High-compute module |
|---|---|---|---|
| Basic | 25 | None | Nvidia Orin NX 16G |
| Open Source | 25 | None | Nvidia AGX Orin 64G, upgradable to Thor on request |
| Pro | 43 (29 plus 14 in the hands) | Dexterous hands, 7 joints per hand | Nvidia AGX Orin 64G, upgradable to Thor on request |
| Max | 46 (32 plus 14 in the hands) | Dexterous hands, 7 joints per hand | Nvidia AGX Orin 64G, upgradable to Thor on request |
Shared across editions: a height of 173 cm, a weight of 75 to 85 kg depending on configuration, an 8-core main processor, and a lithium battery rated for 3 to 5 hours. At its CES debut EngineAI also claimed up to 450 N·m of peak joint torque and 14,000 W of instantaneous joint peak power (EngineAI, January 13, 2026).
The battery section of the product page has changed since September 15. The archived September 15 page specified a 20 Ah ternary lithium battery as standard and a 40 Ah solid-state battery as an option, with charging times of 2.5 and 3 hours. The current page lists a lithium battery with 3 to 5 hours of battery life and no capacity. Treat battery capacity and options as something to confirm in a quote.
What Has the T800 Actually Done So Far?
The T800 has moved from launch to a production line in under six months, but its public record still consists of shows and announcements, not customer work. The timeline from EngineAI’s own announcements and press coverage:
- December 2025: launch in China, “priced starting at 180,000 yuan”, four editions, with JD.com pre-orders (EngineAI, PingWest).
- January 13, 2026: global debut at CES 2026 (EngineAI).
- May 22, 2026: first batch off the line at the Shenzhen manufacturing base (EngineAI).
- July 2026: 32 teams fight in a full-size humanoid combat tournament in Shenzhen, all on the T800 (Global Times).
- Late September 2026: the US dollar list disappears from the international product page (archived September 21 versus September 30). The yuan list on the Chinese page is gone by October 5.
The combat league is the T800’s most visible use so far. It says something real about balance and durability under impact, and nothing about whether the robot can hold a task on a factory floor for a shift. The Humanoid Reality Index rates the T800 Tier 3, Demoing: demos and claims, with no verified customer deployment on record. For context on EngineAI’s place among Chinese makers, see my overview of the humanoid robot industry in China.
How Did I Check for a Current Price?
“No published price” is a claim that needs evidence, because robot makers have hidden real prices behind language toggles, order pages and PDFs before. EngineAI is the reason this check exists: its US dollar list was once missed because it sat only on the English-language subdomain. This is what I checked.
| Where a price has hidden before | What I checked | Result |
|---|---|---|
| Language or country version | en.engineai.com.cn and www.engineai.com.cn product pages, rendered (October 24, 2026) | Specifications on both, no price on either |
| Order or checkout path | Product purchase pages and store page on both domains; /order, /buy, /purchase, /checkout, /cart, /quote, /shop, /mall, /pricing, order.html, buy.html and /product-t800/order on both domains (October 24, 2026) | Purchase pages price the PM01 and SA01 only; store page shows no price; every other path returns 404 or a server error |
| PDF or investor documents | /investors on both domains (October 24, 2026); PDFs linked from the product page (October 5, 2026) | No investor page, no price PDF |
| Placeholder price in page metadata | Price meta tags, structured data and price attributes in the HTML of both product pages (October 24, 2026) | None present; the only nine-digit run is a CSS layer index, not a price |
| Marketplace store | JD.com and Taobao searches for the T800 (October 24, 2026) | No EngineAI-run T800 store found. One JD.com listing by a third-party shop shows its price only after login; on Taobao, only a rental offer |
| Blocked page read as “no price” | Both product pages loaded in full with a rendering browser (HTTP 200) | Nothing blocked on EngineAI’s own sites; the JD.com price is inaccessible, not absent |
| Price removed, not missing | Internet Archive captures of both product pages, August to October 2026 | US dollar list present on September 15 and 21, gone on September 30; yuan list present on August 26, gone by October 5 |
| Price from a listing grid | Only individual product pages used | No grid prices quoted |
One open point remains: a T800 offered on JD.com could carry a price that is visible only to logged-in buyers in China. The Humanoid Reality Index re-checks EngineAI’s pages twice a month, and this page will be updated if a manufacturer price reappears.
Frequently Asked Questions
How much does the EngineAI T800 cost?
There is no current published price. Until September 2026 EngineAI listed the T800 at $40,500, $54,000, $63,000 and $80,800 for its Basic, Open Source, Pro and Max editions on its international site, and at 180,000 to 360,000 yuan in China. Both lists have since been removed.
Is the EngineAI T800 really $25,000?
No. $25,000 is a conversion of the 180,000-yuan Chinese launch price. EngineAI’s own US dollar list for international buyers started at $40,500 for the Basic edition.
Why did EngineAI remove the T800 price?
EngineAI has not said. What is documented is the timing: the US dollar list was still on the international product page in an archived copy of September 21, 2026 and was gone by September 30, 2026.
Where can I buy the EngineAI T800?
EngineAI’s “Buy Now” button leads to a JD.com search, and there is no international online order path. Outside China, a purchase starts with a quote from EngineAI.
Is the EngineAI T800 the robot from Terminator?
No. The T-800 is the fictional cyborg from the Terminator films. The EngineAI T800 is a real full-size humanoid robot made by EngineAI Robotics in Shenzhen, China, and the two share only the name.
How tall is the EngineAI T800?
173 cm, with a weight of 75 to 85 kg depending on configuration, according to EngineAI’s product page.
Sources
- EngineAI Robotics, T800 product page, international site (specifications by edition, no price, Buy Now link; checked October 24, 2026)
- EngineAI Robotics, T800 product page, Chinese site (no price, purchase link; checked October 24, 2026)
- EngineAI Robotics, Product Purchase page (PM01 and SA01 prices, no T800; checked October 24, 2026)
- Internet Archive, EngineAI T800 international page, September 15, 2026 (US dollar list, battery specifications)
- Internet Archive, EngineAI T800 international page, September 21, 2026 (US dollar list unchanged)
- Internet Archive, EngineAI T800 international page, September 30, 2026 (no price row)
- Internet Archive, EngineAI T800 Chinese page, August 26, 2026 (yuan list)
- EngineAI Robotics, The pinnacle of humanoid technology: the EngineAI T800 is officially unveiled, December 8, 2025
- EngineAI Robotics, EngineAI Introduces the T800 Humanoid Robot at CES 2026, January 13, 2026
- EngineAI Robotics, EngineAI Robotics embarks on a new milestone toward 10,000-unit scale delivery as the first batch of T800 humanoids officially rolls off the production line, May 22, 2026
- PingWest, 上京东抢先预定众擎T800系列 (T800 series pre-orders on JD.com), December 2, 2025
- There’s A Robot For That newsletter, EngineAI’s T800 Humanoid Enters Mass Production at $25k (cited as an example of the converted figure)
- Global Times, report on the full-size humanoid robot free-combat league in Shenzhen, July 2026
- European Central Bank, euro foreign exchange reference rates, October 23, 2026 (yuan per dollar derived from the CNY and USD rates)
- There’s A Robot For That, Humanoid Reality Index: EngineAI T800 (price status, tier and evidence ledger)
EngineAI’s product, purchase and order pages and the JD.com listing were verified on October 24, 2026; the PDF check dates from October 5, 2026; archived copies are dated to their capture.
Ulrich Baldauf is the founder of There’s A Robot For That, covering humanoid robotics for manufacturing and industrial operations. He has tracked the humanoid robot sector since 2024, with a focus on safety standards (ISO 10218, EU Machinery Regulation 2023/1230) and what deployments mean for operations and EHS teams. Connect on LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/ubaldauf
