# Walker S1 at NIO Advanced Manufacturing Center, Hefei, China: deployment

Canonical ID: `a1698f4d-edec-44c2-ba27-e280d90f9677`

Walker S testing at NIO's Advanced Manufacturing Center in Hefei, China, announced February 2024. Early-stage humanoid deployment in automotive manufacturing environment.

## Key facts

- **Operator:** NIO
- **Phase:** Testing/pilot

**Trust tier:** Catalog entry · 1 source · not yet field-verified

_Last updated: 2026-08-09_

- **Slug:** ubtech-walker-s1-nio-hefei-china
- **Status:** pilot
- **Model:** [Walker S1](/models/ubtech-walker-s1.md) (id: `bebc2dce-c694-4821-ba73-0aa1804e5f1f`)
- **Category:** [Humanoids](/humanoids)
- **Company:** [UBTech Robotics](/companies/ubtech-robotics.md) (id: `296f47f6-b1a8-4329-b9c3-4e33e7e2e8bd`)
- **Location:** [NIO Advanced Manufacturing Center, Hefei, China](/locations/nio-hefei-china.md) (id: `7ef36510-105c-4560-aab5-015bc2a0739a`)
- **First seen:** 2024-02-01T00:00:00.000Z

## Verification log (0, append-only)

_No verifications recorded._

## Sources (1)

1. **UBTech Walker S2 Price & Specs (2026)** · https://blog.robozaps.com/b/ubtech-walker-s-review · 2024-02-01

## Verified answers

- [Which humanoid robots can you actually buy in 2026?](/which-humanoid-robots-can-you-actually-buy.md)

## Common questions

### What is the Walker S1 deployment at NIO Advanced Manufacturing Center, Hefei, China?

Walker S1, built by UBTech Robotics, is recorded as a deployment at NIO Advanced Manufacturing Center, Hefei, China on the DEPLOY registry. UBTech Robotics operates the deployment directly.

### Who operates Walker S1 at NIO Advanced Manufacturing Center, Hefei, China?

UBTech Robotics, the manufacturer of Walker S1, operates this deployment directly. This is a maker-deploys-its-own-product arrangement rather than a customer pilot.

### When did the Walker S1 deployment at NIO Advanced Manufacturing Center, Hefei, China go live?

The deployment is recorded as starting February 1, 2024 on the DEPLOY registry. Earlier activity may exist but is not yet sourced.

### Have there been incidents at the Walker S1 deployment at NIO Advanced Manufacturing Center, Hefei, China?

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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