UBTECH RoboticsLaunching
Consumer 'ultra-bionic' companion humanoid sold as U1 Lite (semi-torso), U1 Pro, and U1 Ultra, with 88 degrees of freedom and an emotion-oriented language model. Priced from RMB 119,800 at the June 30, 2026 launch.
Latest update Sep 18, 2026
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UBTECH reported 13,361 cumulative orders at the June 30, 2026 launch and targeted China deliveries from September 2026. Independent confirmation of those first household deliveries is still thin as of mid-September 2026.
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Announced next steps from UBTECH Robotics that mention UWORLD U1.
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China deliveries were targeted from September 2026 against 13,361 launch orders. Confirming that those robots actually ship, and that they work as companions rather than as launch-event props, is the consumer half of UBTECH's three-pronged industrial/commercial/consumer bet.
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Industrial full-size humanoid designed for factory and logistics work, with a dual-battery hot-swap system that lets the robot change its own pack in about three minutes, RGB binocular stereo vision, BrainNet 2.0 plus Co-Agent software, and a 15 kg payload across a 0-1.8 meter workspace.
Full-size commercial service humanoid for urban reception, guidance, education, and hospitality, with a more aesthetic design than industrial Walker S2, customizable motion, and open SDK hooks for site-specific knowledge bases.
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Figure AI
Second-generation workforce humanoid that validated Figure's first real factory deployment. Figure 02 paired six onboard RGB cameras, 16-DOF hands, onboard vision-language reasoning, and a 3x compute increase over Figure 01 for manufacturing and logistics tasks.
Figure AI
Third-generation humanoid robot redesigned for home and commercial environments, with softer surfaces, embedded palm cameras, tactile fingertips, wireless charging, and lower-cost manufacturing for large-scale deployment.
Boston Dynamics
Enterprise humanoid robot designed for factories and warehouses. The all-electric Atlas is Boston Dynamics' commercial mobile-manipulation platform for part sequencing, machine tending, and heavy-object handling, built for manufacturability, serviceability, and continuous operation. The production version has 56 degrees of freedom with fully rotational joints, a 2.3 m reach, and the strength to lift up to 50 kg instant or 30 kg sustained.
Boston Dynamics
Agile quadruped robot for autonomous industrial inspection, data collection, and remote operation in hazardous environments. Features 3D vision, SLAM navigation, obstacle avoidance, and stair climbing. Used across oil & gas, utilities, construction, mining, and manufacturing.