# Walker S2 at Sherman: deployment

Canonical ID: `3232dc39-ac2d-4d90-bf3e-c0ddec376c1b`

UBTECH Walker S2 industrial humanoid robots deployed at Texas Instruments' semiconductor fabrication facility in Sherman, Texas. TI purchased Walker S2 units and began deploying and debugging them on chip production lines, with deployment reported in late 2025 / early 2026 by the Securities Times and confirmed by Dallas Innovates.

Sherman, Texas is the site of TI's newest 300mm wafer fabrication plant (RFAB2), approximately 50 miles north of Dallas. TI is investing $30 billion in the Sherman facility through 2035 to expand US domestic semiconductor manufacturing capacity.

The deployment involves a reciprocal supply-chain commitment: as TI integrates the Walker S2 into its production lines, UBTECH has committed to incorporating additional TI components into the Walker S2's core architecture. This makes TI both an early customer and a strategic component supplier for UBTECH's humanoid platform.

The Walker S2 is well-suited for semiconductor fab work: its 163 cm, 73 kg frame and 5 kg per-hand payload can handle wafer handling tasks and assembly operations that require precision and adaptability in cleanroom-adjacent environments.

## Key facts

- **Use case:** Semiconductor chip assembly line operations
- **Deployment site:** TI RFAB2 fab, Sherman, Texas (300mm wafer plant)
- **Reciprocal supply chain:** TI components in Walker S2 architecture in exchange for deployment
- **Deployment phase:** Deploying and debugging on production lines (late 2025)

**Trust tier:** Unverified

_Last updated: 2026-06-12_

- **Slug:** walker-s2-texas-instruments-sherman
- **Status:** pilot
- **Model:** [Walker S2](/models/ubtech-walker-s2.md) (id: `f45f8efc-7b2d-4b1b-897c-30dea33f9b1b`)
- **Company:** [UBTech Robotics](/companies/ubtech-robotics.md) (id: `296f47f6-b1a8-4329-b9c3-4e33e7e2e8bd`)
- **Location:** [Sherman](/locations/united-states/texas/sherman-tx.md) (id: `d9f5936c-a863-45bb-a848-8302456c2b70`)
- **Operator:** [Texas Instruments](/companies/texas-instruments.md) (id: `a1813839-580f-4811-8a28-b5778cfd5683`)
- **First seen:** 2025-12-01T00:00:00.000Z

## Verification log (0, append-only)

_No verifications recorded._

## Sources (2)

1. **Texas Instruments To Deploy Humanoid Robots on Its Chip Production Lines** · https://dallasinnovates.com/texas-instruments-to-deploy-humanoid-robots-on-its-chip-assembly-lines/ · 2026-01-01
2. **Texas Instruments Deploys UBTECH Humanoids in Strategic Semiconductor Push** · https://www.humanoidsdaily.com/news/texas-instruments-deploys-ubtech-humanoids-in-strategic-semiconductor-push · 2026-01-01

## Common questions

### What is the Walker S2 deployment at Sherman?

Walker S2, built by UBTech Robotics, is recorded as a deployment at Sherman on the DEPLOY registry. Texas Instruments operates the deployment.

### Who operates Walker S2 at Sherman?

Texas Instruments operates this deployment as a customer of UBTech Robotics, the manufacturer of Walker S2.

### When did the Walker S2 deployment at Sherman go live?

The deployment is recorded as starting December 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 Sherman?

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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