UBTECH Robotics · retail humanoid
Walker C
A lighter full-size walking humanoid for guided tours, greeting and announcements in malls, offices, exhibition halls and transport hubs; about 2 hours of walking per charge.
- Price
- —Not published
- Height
- 163 cmTaller than 47%
- Weight
- 43 kgHeavier than 28%
- Payload
- —Not published
- Speed
- 6.0 km/hFaster than 68%
- Battery
- 2 hRuns longer than 15%
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Why it matters
Walker C is on the market today.
Real-world use
Debuted at Guangdong Province's 2025 Spring Festival gala and worked as a tour guide at Expo 2025 Osaka.
Timeline
- First shown
- 2025
- 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 C is taller than 47% of the 305 other humanoids that publish a height. Bars show the 7 closest in date.
Walker C is heavier than 28% of the 277 other humanoids that publish a weight. Bars show the 7 closest in date.
Walker C is faster than 68% of the 122 other humanoids that publish a speed. Bars show the 7 closest in date.
Walker C has more joints than 9% of the 236 other humanoids that publish a joints. Bars show the 7 closest in date.
Walker C runs longer than 15% of the 119 other humanoids that publish a battery. Bars show the 7 closest in date.
Not published by the maker: payload, price.
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.
- Works on sitetour guide providing guided tours at the China Pavilion, Expo 2025 Osaka · Apr 2025 · ubtrobot.com
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Public attention
A hidden gem: a recent robot with full published specs that gets little attention so far.
- No Wikipedia article of its own yet
- 3 news stories from reputable press listed on this page
- 1 reported deployment
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What’s inside
The parts the company has talked about publicly.
- Movement
- Walks on legs · 20 joints
- Actuators & motors
- Electric-driven; 20 degrees of freedom in total (maker). Joint split and motor type not published. Each arm weighs 5 kg with a 500 mm span.
- Hands
- Not described on the maker page.
- Sensors & vision
- Two RGB-D cameras, an all-scenario binocular camera, two structured-light 3D cameras and a high-precision IMU (maker). Microphone hardware not listed.
- Compute
- Not published.
- Battery & power
- 48 V 15 Ah lithium battery; about 2 hours walking or 4 hours standing per charge; 1.5-hour charge (maker figures).
- Materials & build
- Not published.
- AI & software
- UBTECH's self-developed embodied interactive large model with multilingual support, U-SLAM navigation for autonomous tour routes, AI obstacle detection, an AI curator mode with adaptive narration, voice broadcasting and custom database Q&A; open joint-control and communication interfaces.
- Other details
- Wi-Fi and Bluetooth.; A follow-on service humanoid, Walker C1, was launched in 2026
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
- Sold or delivered
- Sold for commercial guiding and reception; price not published.
- Customers and pilots
- Tour guide at the China Pavilion, Expo 2025 Osaka; greeter at Strawberry Music Festival 2025; guest welcome at Guangdong Province's 2025 Spring Banquet in Hong Kong (maker).
Where it works
1 reported deployment.
- Trial ended
China Pavilion, Expo 2025 Osaka · China Pavilion, Expo 2025 · Osaka · since 2025
Walker C worked as a tour guide in the China Pavilion at Expo 2025 Osaka. UBTECH Robotics
News
The latest 3, newest first. Summaries are ours; tap through for the original.
- UBTECH follows Walker C with Walker C1 service humanoid
UBTECH launched the Walker C1 full-size service robot in Shenzhen, aimed at public-facing roles, with its public debut planned for the China International Supply Chain Expo in June.
Mike Kalil - UBTECH Walker C appears at the China Pavilion, Expo 2025 Osaka
Moriyama filmed UBTECH's Walker C humanoid at the China Pavilion of Expo 2025 Osaka, Kansai.
YouTube (Kazumichi Moriyama) - Walker C guides visitors at Expo 2025 Osaka
UBTECH lists Walker C as a tour guide in the China Pavilion at Expo 2025 Osaka, after welcoming guests at Guangdong's 2025 Spring Banquet.
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 CUBTECH Robotics |  Mornine (AiMOGA M1)AiMOGA Robotics (Chery)Same jobs: retail, social · Both walk · Both on sale or in pilots · Similar size |  Lumen H1Guanggu Dongzhi (Hubei Guanggu Dongzhi Embodied Intelligence)Same jobs: retail, social · Both walk · Both on sale or in pilots · Similar size |  Yuanzheng A2AgiBot (Zhiyuan Robotics)Same jobs: retail, social · Both walk · Both on sale or in pilots · Similar size |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| First shown | 2025 | 2025-04 | 2026-02 | 2024-08-18 |
| Status | Commercial | Commercial | Commercial | Commercial |
| Height | 163 cm | 167 cm | 169 cm | 175 cm |
| Weight | 43 kg | 70 kg | 69 kg | 55 kg |
| Joints | 20 | 40 | 40 | — |
| Speed | 6 km/h | — | 2.9 km/h | — |
| Payload | — | — | 2 kg | — |
| Battery | 2 h | 2 h | 2 h | — |
| Price | — | $41,400 | — | — |
Sources
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