Qiyuan Puts Q1 and T1 Personal Robots On Sale From 19,999 Yuan
Qiyuan Robotics put two consumer machines on sale in Shanghai on 20 September 2026. The Q1 humanoid and the T1 transformable robot both start at 19,999 yuan. Shipments are slated to go out in order from 1 October.
The brand sits under listed materials company Swancor New Material. IT之家 and 36Kr both covered the “Me and My Personal Robot” event the same day.
What you can actually order
IT之家 lists four SKUs:
- Q1: 19,999 yuan. About 88 cm tall, 22 force-controlled degrees of freedom, foldable into a backpack. 36Kr adds about 15 kg.
- Q1 Explorer: 26,999 yuan, with SDK, HDK, and hardware expansion ports.
- T1: 19,999 yuan. About 100 cm and 16 kg. Wheel-foot humanoid and quadruped on one body. IT之家 lists 2–3 hours of runtime and a 3 kg carry load.
- T1 Pro: 29,999 yuan. Adds an NVIDIA Orin Nano, dual-form 360° obstacle avoidance, low-battery return-to-dock, voice summon, and follow-and-carry.
IT之家 says first authorized shops cover seven cities: Shanghai, Guangzhou, Shenzhen, Hangzhou, Xiamen, Wuhan, and Xi’an.
Joints, models, and a takt time
IT之家, citing Peng Zhihui (稚晖君) as Swancor chairman and Agibot co-founder and CTO, says Qiyuan’s in-house “egg joint” weighs 260 g, is 47 mm across, and claims 85 N·m/kg peak torque density. The same report says Q1 and T1 are the first robots hooked into Tencent Cloud WorkBuddy.
36Kr lists three named models: PrimeMotion (compliant motion), PrimeGo (follow in both body forms), and PrimeVista (multimodal talk). Swancor CEO Tian Hua is quoted:
“Someone has to take the first step.”
36Kr also reports a claimed line rate of one robot every 2.5 minutes and 500 million yuan of planned 2026 R&D. Those are company figures from the event, not a third-party count of units shipped.
The company calls Q1 the “world’s first personal robot” and T1 the “world’s first transformable personal robot.” That is marketing language. What is on the page is a price, a ship date, and a fold-up 88 cm humanoid.
A Human’s Take
A backpack humanoid with a printed yuan price is the kind of SKU I want on a table next to Faraday’s Mini. I’m here for the egg-sized joint and the T1 that actually stood on stage next to its box. I’m not here for “first in the world.” Show me a unit that folds, boots, and still walks after a week in a living room.