UBTech Robotics Walker S2
Not reviewed
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humanoidrecord.com, "UBTech Robotics Walker S2", page snapshot 2026-11-03, https://humanoidrecord.com/robots/ubtech-walker-s2/
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Height to scale. Width is schematic, derived from weight; not a measured body width.
Specs
| Field | Value | Status | Quote | Accessed | Archive |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Height (cm) | 1762 | claimed | “stands at an impressive height of 1.76 meters”Not reviewedThe cited source has not been reviewed for this specific claim. |
2026-09-20 | — |
| Degrees of freedom | 523 | claimed | “52 degrees of freedom in its bionic body”Needs reviewThe reviewed source does not provide enough evidence for this specific claim.
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2026-09-27 | — |
| Payload (kg) | 151 | claimed | “pitch 125° angle and handle 15kg payload within 0-1.8 meters workspace”Not reviewedThe cited source has not been reviewed for this specific claim. |
2026-09-20 | — |
| Battery swappable | true4 | claimed | “swap battery autonomously within 3 minutes”Not reviewedThe cited source has not been reviewed for this specific claim. |
2026-09-21 | — |
Power, software and buying
| Field | Status | Value | Quote | Accessed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Actuator torque (Nm) | — | — | — | |
| Battery (Wh) | — | — | — | |
| Battery swappable | yes4 | “swap battery autonomously within 3 minutes”Not reviewedThe cited source has not been reviewed for this specific claim. |
2026-09-21 | |
| Charge time (min) | — | — | — | |
| Locomotion | — | — | — | |
| SDK | — | — | — | |
| Warranty | — | — | — | |
| Order type | quote required6 | “Please reach out for more request or become a partner!”Not reviewedThe cited source has not been reviewed for this specific claim. |
2026-09-21 | |
Safety and control
Not yet reviewed means Humanoidrecord has not reviewed or found documentation for this field. It does not show that a feature is absent, certify protection, or establish how the robot behaves in every setting.
| Field | Review status | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Emergency stop | Not yet reviewed | No source reviewed |
| Motion limits | Not yet reviewed | No source reviewed |
| Operator logging | Not yet reviewed | No source reviewed |
Reported control modes
These modes apply only to the sourced capabilities listed here, not to the robot as a whole.
Not yet reviewed.
See the incident register for separately sourced public reports. This link does not connect this robot or model to an incident.
Simulation
No simulation artifact confirmed in targeted search
This records a searched-but-not-confirmed result. It does not mean simulation support is unavailable.
- Search checked
- 2026-09-27
- Search result
- Targeted searches found no confirmed model for this record; does not mean unavailable. Only a Walker S2 EDU model was found; equivalence to the commercial Walker S2 record was not established.
Actuator architecture
No actuator architecture confirmed in targeted search
This records a searched-but-not-confirmed result. It does not mean a particular architecture is absent.
- Search checked
- 2026-09-27
- Search result
- Targeted actuator searches did not confirm an exact-variant architecture claim for this record; this does not mean none exists.
What it has been seen doing
| Capability | Recorded status | Reported autonomy | Source review |
|---|---|---|---|
| No sourced capability evidence yet. Correct this. | |||
Results under fixed rules
| Event | Date | Discipline | Result | Rank | Autonomy | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No competition results under a fixed ruleset recorded yet. | ||||||
Price history
| Date | Amount | Variant | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| No price history recorded. | |||
Recorded delivery timeline
- claimed → demonstrated
- demonstrated
- first delivery recorded
UBTech launched Walker S2, a full-size industrial humanoid with an autonomous hot-swappable battery system.7
Not reviewed
The cited source has not been reviewed for this specific claim.
UBTech's own press release states mass production and delivery of the first batch began, naming automotive and logistics deployment partners (BYD, Dongfeng Liuzhou Motor, Geely Auto, FAW-Volkswagen Qingdao, Audi FAW, BAIC New Energy, Foxconn, SF Express) and orders exceeding 800 million yuan. No independent photo/serial/unboxing evidence of a specific named-customer unit was found, so this is recorded as claimed, not shipped.8
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Promises
| Promise | Made on | Deadline | Days | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Annual capacity of 5,000 industrial humanoid robots | 2025-11-17 | 2026-12-31 | 58 days left | open | UBTECH press release via PR Newswire |
| Annual capacity scaling to 10,000 units | 2025-11-17 | 2027-12-31 | 423 days left | open | UBTECH press release via PR Newswire |
Notes
- Capabilities research (2026-09-20): UBTech's own footage and press coverage document Walker S2 performing an autonomous, dual-arm hot-swap of its own back-mounted battery in roughly three minutes (e.g. therobotreport/CNET/Thomasnet coverage of the demo video) -- a real capability, but there is no matching id in this site's fixed capabilities list (closest is 'continuous-operation-1h', which requires one continuous run, not a swap event). Aggregator pages (HumanoidHub, robotsxhumanity, etc.) describe box lifting/sorting and warehouse deployment in generic marketing language without a specific dated video or independent observation with a literal, checkable quote, so no box-handling capability entry was added. Capabilities block left empty pending a source that ties a named id to a quotable, dated demonstration.
- UBTech's own product page (ubtrobot.com/en/humanoid/products/walker-s2) is reachable and confirms payload and battery-swap claims directly, but does not state height or weight. Height (1.76 m) and DOF (52) here are sourced from a secondary aggregator (heyupnow.com) that republishes UBTech's launch claims without linking an original press release; no PR Newswire/Business Wire/IEEE Spectrum/Robot Report coverage with those exact figures was found during this session. Treat height/DOF as needing a stronger source in a follow-up.
- Weight could not be confirmed from any source checked; third-party aggregators disagree (43-77 kg depending on battery configuration), so it is omitted rather than guessed.
- The November 2025 mass-production/delivery announcement is UBTech's own press release (claimed-level evidence per schema); it names deployment partners but the fetched text contains no photo, serial number, or independent verification of a specific customer's unit, so delivery.status stays 'claimed' rather than 'shipped'.
- Shipped-bar re-check (2026-09-20), applying this site's actual rule (named customer + image via the customer's own or an independent channel; invoice/serial/unboxing/customs are alternatives, not an added requirement, so the earlier note requiring both was too strict and is superseded by this one): UBTech's own PR Newswire release (Nov 2025) names BYD, Foxconn, Geely, Zeekr, Audi-FAW etc. only as order sources/collaborators, with no photo tied to a specific customer's unit. The one strong independent-channel match found -- SCMP's photographed, on-the-record coverage of a Zeekr Ningbo deployment (published 2025-03-03, https://www.scmp.com/tech/tech-trends/article/3300872/) -- explicitly names the model as 'Walker S1', not Walker S2 (Walker S2 was announced later, 2025-07-23), so it is evidence for a different generation and does not carry this record to shipped. No named customer with photographic evidence of a specific Walker S2 unit (as opposed to S1/S Lite) was found via customer or independent channels. Remains claimed, not shipped.
- locomotion left out (2026-09-21): searched the manufacturer's own product/press page and its main launch coverage (The Robot Report / IEEE Spectrum / named outlet where applicable) for a literal quote naming the propulsion ("bipedal", "legs", "walks", "wheeled base", etc.); none of the pages fetched in this pass contained a checkable sentence naming it specifically for Walker S2 -- most pages describe height/DOF/speed without ever stating the locomotion type in words. Left out rather than inferred from photos or category. Revisit with a source that states it directly.
Record history
- UBTech Robotics Walker S2: locomotion removed: source did not support value (was bipedal) source
- UBTech Robotics Walker S2: battery_swappable added: yes (claimed) source
- UBTech Robotics Walker S2: locomotion added: bipedal (claimed) source
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