{"id":11141,"date":"2025-11-25T20:14:51","date_gmt":"2025-11-25T20:14:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/ubtech-humanoid-robots-to-patrol-china-vietnam-border-crossings\/"},"modified":"2025-11-25T20:14:51","modified_gmt":"2025-11-25T20:14:51","slug":"ubtech-humanoid-robots-to-patrol-china-vietnam-border-crossings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/ubtech-humanoid-robots-to-patrol-china-vietnam-border-crossings\/","title":{"rendered":"UBTech humanoid robots to patrol China-Vietnam border crossings"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1xdhyk6 ec74h0k0\" readability=\"12.664516129032\">UBTech Robotics, one of China&rsquo;s top robot manufacturers, said on Tuesday it had secured a major contract to deploy humanoids at border crossings to perform tasks such as guiding travellers, conducting inspections and handling logistics, as the country intensified efforts to apply <span data-qa=\"Component-Text\" class=\"css-0 ef9u0v00\">robotics<\/span> in the real world.<\/div>\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 company has struck a 264 million yuan (US$37 million) deal with a humanoid robot centre in Fangchenggang, a coastal city in the southern autonomous region of Guangxi, which shares a border with Vietnam. The project features the industrial-grade Walker S2, a model launched in July that was billed as the world&rsquo;s first humanoid robot capable of replacing its own battery.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">The pilot initiative would see humanoid robots deployed at borders to assist with traveller guidance, personnel flow management, patrols, logistics operations and commercial services. The robots would also conduct inspections at manufacturing sites for steel, copper and aluminium. Deliveries are expected to begin in December.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">Cumulative orders for the Walker series, which started shipping this month, totalled 1.1 billion yuan so far, according to UBTech.<\/p>\n<div class=\"methode-html-wrapper oembed-wrapper e1a5rv550 css-1llrc1m e1yqhwb40\" data-qa=\"Component-renderMap-StyledDiv\">\n<div class=\"c1 e1drg7e30 e1ciypty0 ehdmpxk0 css-qpd3t0 e1hpd36k0\" data-qa=\"Component-SCMPYoutubeVideoContainer\" readability=\"6\">\n<div data-qa=\"SCMPYoutubeVideoPreview-PreviewContainer\" class=\"css-zg359x e1o401186\">\n<div data-qa=\"SCMPYoutubeVideoPreview-PreviewContentContainer\" class=\"css-qgt9eo e1o401187\">\n<div data-qa=\"SCMPYoutubeVideoPreview-PreviewContentFloatContainer\" class=\"css-7nqkgi e1o401183\" readability=\"6\">\n<div data-qa=\"SCMPYoutubeVideoPreview-PreviewContentDataContainer\" class=\"css-1pcpmhl e1o401180\" readability=\"7\">\n<p data-qa=\"SCMPYoutubeVideoPreview-PreviewDuration\" class=\"css-1vqvq42 e1o401181\">01:18<\/p>\n<p data-qa=\"SCMPYoutubeVideoPreview-PreviewTitle\" class=\"css-zasw6y e1o401182\">China unveils world&rsquo;s first humanoid robot that can change its own batteries<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"e1hpd36k1 css-79hwxn e1x11wau0\" data-qa=\"SCMPYouTubeVideoFooter-VideoTitleContainer\" readability=\"7\"><svg width=\"24\" height=\"25\" viewbox=\"0 0 24 25\" fill=\"none\" data-qa=\"SCMPYouTubeVideoFooter-StyledVideoRecorder\" class=\"css-1nnwg93 e1x11wau1\"><path fill-rule=\"evenodd\" clip-rule=\"evenodd\" d=\"M22 6.22926V18.4315L17.5463 13.9868V17.8655C17.5463 18.1618 17.4383 18.4248 17.2228 18.6531C17.0067 18.8829 16.7498 18.9967 16.4537 18.9967H3.13414C2.80989 18.9967 2.53968 18.8829 2.32425 18.6531C2.10808 18.4248 2 18.1618 2 17.8655V6.79519C2 6.49893 2.10808 6.23665 2.32425 6.00688C2.53968 5.77858 2.80989 5.66333 3.13414 5.66333H16.4537C16.7498 5.66333 17.0067 5.77858 17.2228 6.00688C17.4383 6.23665 17.5463 6.49893 17.5463 6.79519V10.674L22 6.22926Z\" fill=\"#001246\"><\/path><\/svg>\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>China unveils world&rsquo;s first humanoid robot that can change its own batteries<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1xdhyk6 ec74h0k0\" readability=\"13.673469387755\">The company was on target to deliver 500 industrial humanoid robots by year-end, with plans to increase production tenfold by next year, aiming for 10,000 units by 2027, said chief branding officer Michael Tam in <span data-qa=\"Component-Text\" class=\"css-0 ef9u0v00\">an interview with the Post<\/span>. The company also aimed to reduce manufacturing costs.<\/div>\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 datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1xdhyk6 ec74h0k0\" readability=\"8.7709497206704\">UBTech&rsquo;s shares fell less than 1 per cent to HK$110.60 on Tuesday, following the announcement of <span data-qa=\"Component-Text\" class=\"css-0 ef9u0v00\">a share placement plan<\/span> to raise HK$3.11 billion (US$399.6 million) in Hong Kong.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><sub>UBTech humanoid robots to patrol China-Vietnam border crossings<\/sub><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>UBTech Robotics, one of China&rsquo;s top robot manufacturers, said on Tuesday it had secured a major contract to deploy humanoids at border crossings to perform tasks such as guiding travellers, conducting inspections and handling logistics, as the country intensified efforts to apply robotics in the real world. Advertisement The company has struck a 264 million&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link-wrap\"><a href=\"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/ubtech-humanoid-robots-to-patrol-china-vietnam-border-crossings\/\" class=\"more-link\">Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &ldquo;UBTech humanoid robots to patrol China-Vietnam border crossings&rdquo;<\/span> &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":11142,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11141","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\/11141","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=11141"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11141\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11142"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11141"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11141"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11141"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}