{"id":10346,"date":"2025-11-11T11:56:24","date_gmt":"2025-11-11T11:56:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/chinas-humanoid-robots-ubtech-scores-us112-million-in-factory-orders\/"},"modified":"2025-11-11T11:56:24","modified_gmt":"2025-11-11T11:56:24","slug":"chinas-humanoid-robots-ubtech-scores-us112-million-in-factory-orders","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/chinas-humanoid-robots-ubtech-scores-us112-million-in-factory-orders\/","title":{"rendered":"China\u2019s humanoid robots: UBTech scores US$112 million in factory orders"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.i-scmp.com\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/og_image_scmp_generic\/public\/d8\/images\/canvas\/2025\/11\/11\/c1c851ea-fa01-4b5e-83d7-a10a5d175ae7_85324f9b.jpg?itok=eLxPmGU_&amp;v=1762860646\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"><\/div>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">Chinese companies are populating factory floors with human-shaped robots, according to Shenzhen-based UBTech Robotics, which claims to have racked up orders worth more than 800 million yuan (US$113 million) for its Walker S2 model this year.<\/p>\n<div data-qa=\"InlineAdSlot-Container\" class=\"css-zl1inp e11v3ui14\">\n<div class=\"e11v3ui10 e11v3ui13 css-1evd7i0 e1flwkbl0\" data-qa=\"AdSlot-Container\">\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">The robot maker said on Monday that it secured an order worth 159 million yuan from a company in Zigong, in southwest China&rsquo;s Sichuan province &ndash; its second-largest single order, following one for 250 million yuan in September.<\/p>\n<div datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1xdhyk6 ec74h0k0\" readability=\"11.404191616766\">UBTech, which <span data-qa=\"Component-Text\" class=\"css-0 ef9u0v00\">in 2023<\/span> became the first <span data-qa=\"Component-Text\" class=\"css-0 ef9u0v00\">robotics<\/span> company listed in Hong Kong, launched its industrial-use Walker S2 in July, touting it as the world&rsquo;s first humanoid robot that <span data-qa=\"Component-Text\" class=\"css-0 ef9u0v00\">can swap its own batteries<\/span>. The company posted a video on Tuesday announcing that would start mass production and delivery of the Walker S2 in mid-November.<\/div>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">The company has disclosed a slew of new contracts and partnerships, including a 126 million yuan deal with a data-collection centre project in southern China&rsquo;s Guangxi autonomous region, the 250 million yuan contract from an unnamed &ldquo;major Chinese enterprise&rdquo; for &ldquo;embodied intelligence humanoid robot products and solutions&rdquo;, and a nearly 100 million yuan procurement deal from Miee Auto, a vehicle exporter backed by the Hubei provincial government.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">Buoyed by these deals and the sector&rsquo;s momentum, UBTech&rsquo;s share price has gained more than 150 per cent this year, closing at HK$133 on Tuesday. Brokerages including Citi and JPMorgan maintain &ldquo;buy&rdquo; ratings on the stock, with price targets above HK$170.<\/p>\n<div data-qa=\"InlineAdSlot-Container\" class=\"css-zl1inp e11v3ui14\">\n<div class=\"e11v3ui10 e11v3ui13 css-117a6hs e1flwkbl0\" data-qa=\"AdSlot-Container\">\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"internal-linking-related-contents\"><a href=\"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/12-weeks-jail-for-school-it-support-technician-who-took-upskirt-videos-of-teachers\/\" class=\"template-1\"><span class=\"cta\">News :<\/span><span class=\"postTitle\">&lt;div&gt;12 weeks' jail for school IT support technician who took upskirt videos of teachers&lt;\/div&gt;<\/span><\/a><\/div><p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">In the first half of 2025, UBTech reported revenue of 621 million yuan, up 27.5 per cent from a year earlier, and a gross profit of 217 million yuan, up 17.3 per cent. However, it still posted a net loss of 440 million yuan, though the figure narrowed 18.5 per cent from a year earlier.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><sub>China&rsquo;s humanoid robots: UBTech scores US$112 million in factory orders<\/sub><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Chinese companies are populating factory floors with human-shaped robots, according to Shenzhen-based UBTech Robotics, which claims to have racked up orders worth more than 800 million yuan (US$113 million) for its Walker S2 model this year. Advertisement The robot maker said on Monday that it secured an order worth 159 million yuan from a company&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link-wrap\"><a href=\"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/chinas-humanoid-robots-ubtech-scores-us112-million-in-factory-orders\/\" class=\"more-link\">Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &ldquo;China\u2019s humanoid robots: UBTech scores US$112 million in factory orders&rdquo;<\/span> &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":10347,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10346","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10346","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10346"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10346\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10347"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10346"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10346"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10346"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}