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Walker S2 at Foxconn Smart Factory (China)

UBTech's flagship industrial bipedal humanoid, designed for smart manufacturing, logistics, and factory automation. Notable for a self-service battery-swap capability enabling near-continuous (reported 24-hour) operation. Reported production milestone of its 1,000th unit at UBTech's Liuzhou facility.

Walker S2 by UBTech Robotics · Operated by Foxconn (Hon Hai) · Machine verified · Humanoids

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PRIMARY SOURCE
Courtesy of UBTech

UBTech's product reveal of the Walker S2 industrial humanoid. UBTech's autonomous battery-swapping and related capabilities are company claims shown on choreographed promotional footage.

Foxconn is deploying the UBTECH Walker S2 humanoid robot in warehouse and smart-factory operations at its facilities in China, with the robot undergoing deployment and testing at the site as of late 2025 and early 2026.

Key facts

Fleet
UBTECH Walker S2 humanoid robot
Operator
Foxconn (Hon Hai)
Coverage
Foxconn Smart Factory, China
Use Case
Warehouse and smart-factory operations
Status
Undergoing deployment and testing
Start
Late 2025 to early 2026

Exposure

Customer segment
manufacturing
Scale tier
undisclosed
Customer
(registry company)

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Safety record

No incidents on record for Walker S2 at Foxconn Smart Factory (China).

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Trust tier
Machine verifiedhow tiers work →
Last updated
2026-08-21
Model
Walker S2
Company
UBTech Robotics
Location
China/Foxconn Smart Factory (China)
Operator
Foxconn (Hon Hai)
Status
operational
Operator type
customer deployed
Scale at site
undisclosed
Site environment
mixed
Location precision
verified coordinates
First seen
2025-11-01
ID
fecc684e-25e4-4abb-a38f-0c6530ede3d6

Timeline

  1. Nov 2025
    First recorded
    Walker S2 first documented operating at Foxconn Smart Factory (China).
  2. May 2026
    created
  3. Aug 2026
    Current status: operational, reviewed
    Latest recorded state. New status transitions append here as the deployment-status recorder produces them.

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Verifications (1)

Sources (3)

  1. eWeek: Foxconn deploying Walker S2 in warehouse/smart-factory operations · https://www.eweek.com/news/china-deploys-humanoid-robots-ubtech-walker/ · 2025-11-18
  2. Prototyping China: Walker S2 deployed/tested at Foxconn · https://www.prototypingchina.com/2026/01/19/boeings-biggest-competitor-brings-chinas-walker-s2-humanoid-robot-into-its-factories/ · 2026-01-19
  3. https://www.foxconn.com/news/ubtech-walker-s2-foxconn
Methodology: Verified · 3 sources (no primary) · last reviewed 2026-08-21

Verification posture

Verified

Low confidence

Review state

Stable

Last reviewed 2026-08-21

Maturity + lifecycle

Maturity stage: commercial

Lifecycle: active

Architectural position

Cohort: humanoid

Sources by quality tier

3
unclassified
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Common questions

What is the Walker S2 deployment at Foxconn Smart Factory (China)?
Walker S2, built by UBTech Robotics, is recorded as a deployment at Foxconn Smart Factory (China) on the DEPLOY registry. Foxconn (Hon Hai) operates the deployment.
Who operates Walker S2 at Foxconn Smart Factory (China)?
Foxconn (Hon Hai) operates this deployment as a customer of UBTech Robotics, the manufacturer of Walker S2.
When did the Walker S2 deployment at Foxconn Smart Factory (China) go live?
The deployment is recorded as starting November 1, 2025 on the DEPLOY registry. Earlier activity may exist but is not yet sourced.
Have there been incidents at the Walker S2 deployment at Foxconn Smart Factory (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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