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UBTECH Robotics · social humanoid

Walker C1

UBTECH's newer full-size commercial service humanoid for public places such as hotels, airports and exhibition halls, doing reception, tour guiding and shopping help in several languages. It debuted dancing a waltz and Swan Lake ballet steps with human dancers; UBTECH has not published its specifications.

Price
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Height
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Weight
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Payload
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Speed
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Battery
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Why it matters

Walker C1 is on the market today.

Real-world use

None named for the C1

Timeline

First shown
2026-05-22
Released
Not yet
China International Supply Chain Expo 2026, Beijing (ballet and waltz debut)

Maker

UBTECH RoboticsCompany · founded 2012 · Shenzhen, China

Public company: HKEX 9880, listed 29 Dec 2023 at HK$90 (market cap HK$37.6 billion). H1 2026 revenue 1.269 billion yuan with a 339 million yuan…

What it has been shown doing

We checked public videos and press for Walker C1 and found no clear demo of the skills we track yet.

Public attention

How much public attention Walker C1 gets, from open data.

  • No Wikipedia article of its own yet
  • 3 news stories from reputable press listed on this page

Measures how much people read and write about a robot, not how good it is. Measured 2026-10-13; same method for every robot. How it is measured

What’s inside

The parts the company has talked about publicly.

Hands
unknown
Movement
Walks on legs
Sensors & vision
Origin of Bots reported RGB, depth and structured-light 3D cameras, force sensors, IMU, joint encoders and a microphone array; UBTECH's page cites omnidirectional perception for safety.
AI & software
UBTECH's page cites a multimodal engine on its AI models with a built-in world model, a motion library with customisable moves, standard interfaces and a full SDK. Press compared it with the earlier Walker C (UBTECH embodied interactive model, multilingual, U-SLAM navigation).
Other details
Reported at 165 cm, about 50 kg and 26 DoF (Tech in Asia via AIToolly; Origin of Bots); UBTECH's page lists no numbers. Modular build; uses listed: multilingual reception, tour guiding, shopping help, events, patrol and traffic assistance, teaching. Debuted at the China International Supply Chain Expo 2026 in Beijing dancing a waltz and Swan Lake steps, billed as UBTECH's first 'silicon spokesperson'.

Lineage

Every UBTECH Robotics humanoid in order.

  1. Cruzr (frame from the official video)Cruzr2017Commercial
  2. Walker (frame from the official video)Walker2018Prototype
  3. Walker X (frame from the official video)Walker X2021Commercial
  4. Panda Robot (Youyou) (frame from the official video)Panda Robot (Youyou)2021Commercial
  5. Walker S (frame from the official video)Walker S2023Pilot use
  6. Walker S1 (frame from the official video)Walker S12024Commercial
  7. Walker C (frame from the official video)Walker C2025Commercial
  8. Walker S2 (frame from the official video)Walker S22025Commercial
  9. Tiangong Xingzhe (Tien Kung Walker) (frame from the official video)Tiangong Xingzhe (Tien Kung Walker)2025Commercial
  10. No public photo yetWe only show photos we're allowed to useCruzr S22025Commercial
  11. Walker C1 (frame from the official video)Walker C12026Commercial
  12. UWORLD U1 Pro (frame from the official video)UWORLD U1 Pro2026Commercial

Made, sold and where

Unit counts are usually company figures; analysts often disagree.

Price
Not published
How to get one
No official buying page found
Built
UBTECH's page claims mass-production capacity and rapid delivery; no unit figures
Customers and pilots
None named for the C1

Where it is sold and supported

What UBTECH Robotics publishes about where you can get Walker C1 and who looks after it.

How to get it
No store, distributor or order page listed; the page invites visitors to reach out or become a partner through its contact form
Support
Support section, downloads centre, brochure and a weekday support phone line on the maker's site; no warranty terms stated

From ubtrobot.com, checked October 12, 2026. The page names no sales regions; its country list is only a contact-form dropdown. Simbeing does not sell robots: buy from the maker's own page.

For builders

Can you program Walker C1? What UBTECH Robotics publishes.

No public developer access found

Nothing on the maker’s own pages when we looked. Access may exist for customers. No SDK, API or developer pages for Walker C1 found on the maker's site when checked; a Yanshee developer link is shown but not tied to this robot.

How
The page says an SDK allows customization but links no SDK download or documentation for Walker C1

From ubtrobot.com, checked October 12, 2026. This describes what the maker publishes, not what the robot can do.

News

The latest 3, newest first. Summaries are ours; tap through for the original.

  1. Walker C1 profiled as a service humanoid

    Origin of Bots reported the C1 at 165 cm and about 50 kg, built for reception, guidance and indoor interaction.

    Origin of Bots
  2. Walker C1 dances ballet at Chain Expo

    Interesting Engineering reported the new service humanoid's debut waltz and Swan Lake routine with human dancers, noting UBTECH had not released specs.

    Interesting Engineering
  3. UBTECH shares rise as Walker C1 debuts

    A German market report tied the C1's trade-fair debut to a nearly 10% rise in UBTECH shares and higher analyst revenue forecasts.

    Börse Express

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

Full comparison
MeasureWalker C1 (frame from the official video)Walker C1UBTECH RoboticsLumen H1Lumen H1Guanggu Dongzhi (Hubei Guanggu Dongzhi Embodied Intelligence)Same jobs: retail, social · Both walk · Both on sale or in pilotsNo public photo yetWe only show photos we're allowed to useLumiLightberrySame jobs: social, retail · Both walk · Both on sale or in pilotsMornine (AiMOGA M1)Mornine (AiMOGA M1)AiMOGA Robotics (Chery)Same jobs: retail, social · Both walk · Both on sale or in pilots
First shown2026-05-222026-022026-08-292025-04
StatusCommercialCommercialCommercialCommercial
Height—169 cm130 cm167 cm
Weight—69 kg40 kg70 kg
Joints—403440
Speed—2.9 km/h——
Payload—2 kg——
Battery—2 h3.5 h2 h
Price——$39,990$41,400

Sources

Figures come from public sources. Every link below backs something on this page.

UBTECH Robotics Walker C1 Interesting Engineering Chinese humanoid robot stuns with ballet Börse Express Ubtech: Walker C1 debütiert auf Supply-Chain-Expo Origin of Bots UBTECH's Walker C1 steps into the public eye AIToolly UBTech unveils Walker C1 service humanoid in Beijing (relaying Tech in Asia)

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