$75,000Pilot$75,000PilotHumanoid robot for industrial scenarios and vehicle manufacturing assembly lines. It uses a large language model for general task planning and has 41 DoF.
Walker S1 is UBTECH’s 2024 industrial humanoid in the Walker S series, purpose-built for multi‑task work on automotive assembly lines and similar factory settings. It uses a large‑language‑model planner with semantic VSLAM and learning‑based whole‑body control; the official product spec lists 41 degrees of freedom. (ubtrobot.com)
After its October 2024 unveiling, UBTECH moved Walker S1 into live factory training at BYD for parts handling and coordinated logistics with unmanned forklifts and AMRs. Within the same launch window, local media reported more than 500 intent orders from automakers. By January 2025 UBTECH flagged Q2 readiness for scaled deliveries based on first‑stage results at BYD, then added pilots at Foxconn’s Longhua campus. UBTECH also coordinated S1 with Wali F1200S unmanned forklifts at Lynk & Co’s Chengdu plant, following a second‑stage trial at Zeekr’s Ningbo site. (scmp.com)
In March 2025 Audi FAW NEV introduced Walker S1 on its Changchun production line to run air‑conditioning leak inspections—cited as a first for humanoids in Audi’s global production system. Through 2026, state and industry press continue to reference ongoing S‑series factory trials in China, with S1 remaining in pilot deployments alongside related Walker S variants. This entry tracks the Walker S1 variant introduced in 2024. (ithome.com)
