UBTECH Robotics · industrial humanoid
Walker S
UBTECH's first industrial version of its Walker line, built for car-factory inspection and assembly tasks. Exact unveiling month and specs not confirmed in this pass.
- Price
- —Not published
- Height
- —Not published
- Weight
- —Not published
- Payload
- —Not published
- Speed
- —Not published
- Battery
- —Not published
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Why it matters
UBTECH says it was the first humanoid to work alongside people on a car final-assembly line (NIO's F2 base).
Real-world use
Trialled at NIO's Hefei plant and Dongfeng Liuzhou Motor for inspection, fluid filling and badge fitting.
Maker
UBTECH RoboticsCompany · founded 2012 · Shenzhen, ChinaPublic 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
1 of 14 skills we track, each from a public video or report. Demos can be staged or remote-controlled; we say so when the source does.
- Assemble partstraining on NIO's Hefei assembly line: inspects door locks and seat belts, affixes vehicle logos · Feb 2024 · cnevpost.com
Not shown yet:SortFoldKitchenToolsFineStairsTerrainGet upRunJumpCarryOn siteAutonomous
Public attention
How much public attention Walker S gets, from open data.
- No Wikipedia article of its own yet
- 4 news stories from reputable press listed on this page
- 2 reported deployments
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
- AI & software
- UBTECH describes 'brain', 'cerebellum' and 'embodiment' technology for line tasks: sorting, >99% accurate visual inspection, screw driving, emblem fitting.
- Other details
- Component specifications for the 2023 Walker S were not published in text form; UBTECH's spec tables are images.
Lineage
Every UBTECH Robotics humanoid in order.
Cruzr2017Commercial
Walker2018Prototype
Walker X2021Commercial
Panda Robot (Youyou)2021Commercial
Walker S2023Pilot use
Walker S12024Commercial
Walker C2025Commercial
Walker S22025Commercial
Tiangong Xingzhe (Tien Kung Walker)2025Commercial- No public photo yetWe only show photos we're allowed to useCruzr S22025Commercial
Walker C12026Commercial
UWORLD U1 Pro2026Commercial
Made, sold and where
Unit counts are usually company figures; analysts often disagree.
- Price
- Not published
- How to get one
- Maker's website
- Where it is sold or used
- China (car factories).
- Customers and pilots
- NIO (final assembly at its F2 plant; demonstrated February 2024) and Dongfeng Liuzhou Motor (inspection, fluid filling, emblem fitting), per UBTECH.
Where it works
2 reported deployments.
- Pilot
NIO · NIO Advanced Manufacturing Base F2 · Hefei · since 2024-02
Walker S worked at a final-assembly station at NIO's F2 plant on assembly and quality checks. UBTECH Robotics
- Pilot
Dongfeng Liuzhou Motor · Liuzhou
Walker S did inspections, fluid filling and emblem fitting on Dongfeng Liuzhou Motor's production line. UBTECH Robotics
News
The latest 4, newest first. Summaries are ours; tap through for the original.
- UBTECH sells 921 full-size humanoids in H1 2026
Full-size humanoid revenue reached 590 million yuan, 46.5% of total (company figures).
Gasgoo - Walker S2 mass delivery begins
UBTECH started shipping the first several hundred Walker S2 units; Walker orders in 2025 passed 800 million yuan (company figure).
AAP / Cision - UBTECH recaps NIO Walker S line demo
CnEVPost notes NIO showed a Walker S on an assembly line in February 2024; NIO, Zeekr and BYD tested UBTECH humanoids.
CnEVPost - Walker S debuts at UBTECH's HKEX listing
UBTECH listed at HK$90 a share (9880.HK) and showed the new industrial Walker S.
UBTECH Robotics
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
| Measure | Walker SUBTECH Robotics |  4NE1NEURA RoboticsSame job: industrial · Both walk · Both on sale or in pilots |  Digit (2023 commercial version)Agility RoboticsSame job: industrial · Both walk · Both on sale or in pilots |  Phoenix (6th generation)Sanctuary AISame job: industrial · Both walk · Both on sale or in pilots |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| First shown | 2023-12-29 | 2023 | 2023-03 | 2023-05-16 |
| Status | Pilot use | Pilot use | Commercial | Pilot use |
| Height | — | 180 cm | 175 cm | 170 cm |
| Weight | — | 80 kg | 65 kg | 70 kg |
| Joints | — | — | — | — |
| Speed | — | 5 km/h | — | 4.8 km/h |
| Payload | — | 100 kg | 16 kg | 25 kg |
| Battery | — | — | 4 h | — |
| Price | — | — | — | — |
Sources
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