At China’s first 5G-enabled wind power smart factory, UBTECH’s Walker S2 humanoid robot is demonstrating how advanced robotics is reshaping industrial production.
This system demonstrates the role of intelligent and flexible automation in clean energy manufacturing, from precise part sorting to adaptive operation.
This deployment highlights how 5G connectivity and humanoid robots are accelerating efficiency and autonomy on the factory floor.
In December, the Chinese robotics company achieved an important milestone, deploying its 1,000th Walker S2 humanoid robot from its Liuzhou manufacturing facility.
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The video shows a humanoid robot working inside a 5G-enabled smart factory operated by Chinese wind power equipment manufacturer SANY RE.
The robot moves autonomously through an industrial environment, walking between workstations and navigating factory floors without human assistance. In operation, they perform a variety of production tasks that mimic human behavior, such as precise handling of components and adaptive operations on an assembly line.
Throughout the video, the robot exhibits controlled, dexterous movements and stable balance. It highlights your ability to straddle floor landmarks, adjust your posture in real time, and smoothly react to changes in your surroundings to operate safely and effectively in shared work spaces.
The combination of maneuverability, fine motor control, and 5G connectivity emphasizes the role of robots as flexible industrial workers.
According to experts, this video shows how humanoid robots can support modern automated manufacturing by blending human-like movements with intelligent connectivity systems.
A few days ago, UBTech signed a new contract with European aviation giant Airbus to supply robots for use in aircraft manufacturing facilities. As part of the deal, Airbus will purchase UBTech’s Walker S2 humanoid robot and work with the company to evaluate how humanoid systems can support aircraft manufacturing operations.
The deal with Airbus follows a similar partnership signed last month with US semiconductor company Texas Instruments. According to reports, Texas Instruments is testing a humanoid robot called Walker S2 on its production line.
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UBTech says the Walker S2 humanoid robot is designed around a full-body, human-like dynamic balance algorithm that allows it to perform physically demanding tasks while maintaining stability.
The system can deeply crouch, tilt forward up to 125 degrees, and stably lift payloads up to 33 pounds (15 kg) within an operating range of 0 to 1.8 meters. These features support movements such as bending over, lifting, handling materials, and precisely manipulating objects in industrial environments.
Perception is handled by an in-house developed “human eye” binocular stereoscopic vision system integrated into the robot’s head. Combining a pure RGB camera and deep learning-based stereo depth estimation, the system generates highly accurate real-time depth maps. This provides accurate spatial awareness, reliable object recognition, and safe interaction in dynamic settings.
To manage complex tasks, Walker S2 runs on UBTech’s in-house developed Co-Agent system, which is part of the BrainNet 2.0 dual-loop AI architecture. This framework combines task-driven decision-making with continuous feedback, enabling adaptive behavior, multi-step task execution, and collaborative work with other robots.
The robot also has an autonomous power system with real-time battery monitoring and energy management. The dual battery architecture supports intelligent switching between charging and automatic battery replacement, enabling long-term uninterrupted operation in industrial, logistics, and service applications.
