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Walker S2 at NIO Advanced Manufacturing Center (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 NIO · 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.

The Walker S2 is deployed at NIO's advanced manufacturing base F2, where it performs assembly, inspection, and logistics tasks and is reported to be the first humanoid robot on an automotive assembly line.

Exposure

Customer segment
manufacturing
Scale tier
undisclosed
Customer
(registry company)

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Safety record

No incidents on record for Walker S2 at NIO Advanced Manufacturing Center (China).

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Trust tier
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Last updated
2026-08-21
Model
Walker S2
Company
UBTech Robotics
Location
China/NIO Advanced Manufacturing Center (China)
Operator
NIO
Status
operational
Operator type
customer deployed
Scale at site
undisclosed
Site environment
mixed
Location precision
verified coordinates
First seen
2025-01-01
ID
1c1a81f3-03a3-47ae-8679-883c114be22c

Timeline

  1. Jan 2025
    First recorded
    Walker S2 first documented operating at NIO Advanced Manufacturing Center (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. https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/ubtech-humanoid-robot-walker-s2-begins-mass-production-and-delivery-with-orders-exceeding-800-million-yuan-302616924.html
  2. https://www.ubtrobot.com/en/humanoid/solutions
  3. https://www.nio.com/news/ubtech-walker-s2
Methodology: Verified · 3 sources (2 primary) · last reviewed 2026-08-21

Verification posture

Verified

High confidence

Review state

Stable

Last reviewed 2026-08-21

Maturity + lifecycle

Maturity stage: commercial

Lifecycle: active

Architectural position

Cohort: humanoid

Sources by quality tier

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primary-company-ir
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1
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Common questions

What is the Walker S2 deployment at NIO Advanced Manufacturing Center (China)?
Walker S2, built by UBTech Robotics, is recorded as a deployment at NIO Advanced Manufacturing Center (China) on the DEPLOY registry. NIO operates the deployment.
Who operates Walker S2 at NIO Advanced Manufacturing Center (China)?
NIO operates this deployment as a customer of UBTech Robotics, the manufacturer of Walker S2.
When did the Walker S2 deployment at NIO Advanced Manufacturing Center (China) go live?
The deployment is recorded as starting January 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 NIO Advanced Manufacturing Center (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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