UBTECH Robotics · home humanoid
Walker
UBTECH's first full bipedal humanoid with arms (1.45 m, 77 kg, 36 actuators, 7-DoF hands), shown at CES 2019 as a future home assistant. A legs-only Walker prototype appeared at CES 2018 and is not counted separately.
- Price
- —Not published
- Height
- 145 cmTaller than 32%
- Weight
- 77 kgHeavier than 71%
- Payload
- —Not published
- Speed
- —Not published
- Battery
- —Not published
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Why it matters
A prototype humanoid from UBTECH Robotics.
Real-world use
No customers or deployments reported yet.
Timeline
- Released
- Not yet
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…
How it stacks up
Against other humanoids that publish the figure. Pick a measure.
Walker is taller than 32% of the 305 other humanoids that publish a height. Bars show the 7 closest in date.
Walker is heavier than 71% of the 277 other humanoids that publish a weight. Bars show the 7 closest in date.
Walker has more joints than 62% of the 236 other humanoids that publish a joints. Bars show the 7 closest in date.
Not published by the maker: speed, payload, battery, price.
What it has been shown doing
We checked public videos and press for Walker and found no clear demo of the skills we track yet.
Public attention
How much public attention Walker gets, from open data.
- No Wikipedia article of its own yet
- 2 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 2026-10-14; same method for every robot. How it is measured
What’s inside
The parts the company has talked about publicly.
- Movement
- Walks on legs · 36 joints
- Actuators & motors
- 36 high-performance servo actuators (UBTECH, via IEEE Spectrum).
- Hands
- Redesigned hands able to grasp; in the piano demo the fingers did not appear to be actively driven.
- Sensors & vision
- Voice, vision and touch interaction; can sense external forces; SLAM navigation with obstacle avoidance.
- AI & software
- Self-balancing control with push recovery; company said it could get up after a fall.
- Other details
- 1.45 m and 77 kg.
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
- No official buying page found
- Built
- prototype
- Sold or delivered
- not sold
- Where it is sold or used
- China
News
The latest 2, newest first. Summaries are ours; tap through for the original.
- Upgraded Walker at CES 2019
UBTECH added a torso, arms, hands and head to Walker.
IEEE Spectrum - Legs-only Walker at CES 2018
Walker was first demonstrated as a lower body without torso or arms.
IEEE Spectrum
Sources
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