# AgiBot A2-W at Shanghai: deployment

Canonical ID: `af6a8514-acb9-47c8-887c-bb226c872903`

AgiBot A2-W, deployed as 'Nengzai No. 1' (能仔一号), began operating on the Buick Electra E7 battery cell production line at SAIC-GM's Ultium Center in Shanghai in March 2026. The robot was jointly developed by SAIC-GM and AgiBot after SAIC-GM evaluated over 100 production workstations to identify the optimal initial deployment point.

The A2-W's wheeled chassis allows it to navigate the factory floor while its dual-arm visual-guided manipulation system handles battery cell grasping and loading with positioning accuracy of plus or minus 0.1 mm and approximately two-second cycle times. This performance matches the tempo of the high-volume EV battery production line. The robot's footprint occupies less than 15 percent of a traditional automated workstation, improving spatial efficiency.

SAIC-GM described the deployment as 'one of the first instances in China's automotive industry where embodied intelligent robots have been integrated into actual production lines.' The company stated plans to expand humanoid robot applications into additional production and logistics workflows, including trials of bipedal humanoid variants alongside the deployed wheeled A2-W.

The Buick Electra E7 is SAIC-GM's flagship electric sedan in China. The Ultium Center is the Shanghai facility of the Ultium Cells battery joint venture.

## Key facts

- **Deployed as:** Nengzai No. 1 (能仔一号), co-developed by AgiBot and SAIC-GM
- **Production line:** Buick Electra E7 battery cell assembly, Ultium Center, Shanghai
- **Task:** Battery cell grasping and loading (core process)
- **Positioning accuracy:** ±0.1 mm
- **Cycle time:** ~2 seconds per piece
- **First deployed:** March 2026
- **Site selection:** SAIC-GM evaluated 100+ workstations before selecting battery line

**Trust tier:** Catalog entry · 2 sources · not yet field-verified

_Last updated: 2026-06-12_

- **Slug:** agibot-a2w-saicgm-shanghai
- **Status:** operational
- **Model:** [AgiBot A2-W](/models/agibot-a2-w.md) (id: `1d97eba2-5fac-470e-b4cf-d7e4e487af14`)
- **Company:** [AgiBot](/companies/agibot.md) (id: `b46ac364-87db-4b0d-99cd-a3c776b94ee7`)
- **Location:** [Shanghai](/locations/shanghai.md) (id: `8879e393-831e-40e2-a879-b99950817fb9`)
- **Operator:** [SAIC General Motors](/companies/saic-general-motors.md) (id: `f8c371ca-9389-47ad-ad0e-fc0caa952b62`)
- **First seen:** 2026-03-01T00:00:00.000Z

## Verification log (0, append-only)

_No verifications recorded._

## Sources (2)

1. **SAIC-GM deploys wheeled humanoid robots on Buick battery assembly line** · https://cnevpost.com/2026/03/27/saic-gm-deploys-humanoid-robots-buick-battery-line/ · 2026-03-27
2. **Humanoid robot starts work at SAIC-GM's smart factory** · https://english.news.cn/20260402/d9b3d059aa574b0cabdccb4451f14d02/c.html · 2026-04-02

## Common questions

### What is the AgiBot A2-W deployment at Shanghai?

AgiBot A2-W, built by AgiBot, is recorded as a deployment at Shanghai on the DEPLOY registry. SAIC General Motors operates the deployment.

### Who operates AgiBot A2-W at Shanghai?

SAIC General Motors operates this deployment as a customer of AgiBot, the manufacturer of AgiBot A2-W.

### When did the AgiBot A2-W deployment at Shanghai go live?

The deployment is recorded as starting March 1, 2026 on the DEPLOY registry. Earlier activity may exist but is not yet sourced.

### Have there been incidents at the AgiBot A2-W deployment at Shanghai?

No active incidents affecting this deployment are recorded on the DEPLOY registry. Absence of recorded incidents is not a guarantee no incident occurred; DEPLOY records only sourced incidents and suppresses retracted ones.


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