“The biggest advantage of this friend is that it can work ‘007, 0:00 to 0:00, seven days a week,’” said Lao, a public relations officer at UBTECH Robotics, a humanoid, human-shaped robot company in ...

Instead of shutting down to recharge, the Walker S2 walks to a nearby swap station. When one battery starts to run low, the robot turns its torso, uses built-in tools on its arms and removes the ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Leslie Katz covers the intersection of culture, science and tech. A new humanoid robot out of China can change its own battery, ...

SHENZHEN, China, Nov. 17, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- UBTECH has begun mass production and delivery of the first batch of several hundred full-size industrial humanoid robots, Walker S2, which will be ...

Until now, the robot workforce has had to either be plugged in all of the time, or spend some time cabled to the mains to top up its battery pack. UBTech has launched the Walker S2 humanoid, with dual ...

Chinese robotics firm UBTECH Robotics has secured a RMB 126 million ($17.3 million) contract for the “Embodied Intelligence Data Collection and Testing Center Equipment Procurement and Installation” ...