UBTECH Walker C1

Industrial humanoids audition by lifting boxes; the UBTECH Walker C1 auditioned by leading a waltz. At the welcome banquet of the China International Supply Chain Expo 2026 — where UBTECH serves as the event's official exclusive humanoid robot partner and the C1 debuted as its first "silicon spokesperson" — the new-generation service humanoid took a human partner through smooth turns and carefully timed steps, then performed ballet passages from Swan Lake alongside professional dancers. The choreography was the specification sheet: dancing with a partner demands continuous responsive balance, whole-body coordination and real-time adjustment to another person's motion — precisely the competencies a robot needs to work gracefully among crowds. That is the Walker C1's profession. A full-size bipedal humanoid at 165 centimetres and around 50 kilograms, it is UBTECH's front-of-house machine: built to welcome guests, guide visitors, answer questions in multiple languages and deliver presentations across hotels, airports, exhibition halls, offices and commercial venues, navigating large indoor spaces autonomously on RGB and structured-light depth vision, conversing through UBTECH's embodied interactive large model, and drawing on a built-in motion library of dynamic, customisable movements — with standard interfaces and a comprehensive SDK for tailoring it to each deployment.

The UBTECH Walker C1 is available for purchase internationally through this page, with delivery, customs clearance and after-sales support arranged for buyers across Europe, the Americas, the Middle East, Asia-Pacific and worldwide.

Background

UBTECH's two humanoid careers

UBTECH Robotics of Shenzhen — the first humanoid-robot company ever publicly listed, and one of the very few shipping humanoids at genuine commercial scale — runs its Walker family along two career paths. The Walker S line clocks into factories: industrial humanoids sorting, lifting and hot-swapping their own batteries on automotive and electronics lines. The Walker C line clocks into lobbies. Where the S series is judged on payload and cycle time, the C series is judged on presence — natural movement, approachable design, conversation and composure among people — and the C1 is its new generation: more agile, more expressive and more refined than the earlier Walker C, engineered from proportions to gait for shared public space. The division reflects a company thesis: the humanoid form factor earns its keep wherever the environment was built for humans, and a hotel lobby is as human-shaped as an assembly line.

Presence as engineering

The C1's elegance is load-bearing. Its aluminium-alloy and composite construction keeps a full adult height at a slender 50 kilograms — light enough to move safely among guests; its electric servo actuation with precision gearing produces the smooth, quiet motion that reads as calm rather than mechanical; its structured-light 3D vision and mapping let it thread crowded, changing indoor spaces on its own; and its embodied large-model AI turns encounters into conversations — multilingual, context-aware, and expressed through coordinated gesture as much as speech. The built-in motion library supplies the repertoire, from greeting gestures to full performance routines, and the SDK opens all of it to integrators: a venue can script welcomes, tours, presentations and choreography as easily as content.

Technical Overview

UBTECH has not yet published the full engineering datasheet; degrees of freedom, battery endurance and further figures are confirmed at quotation as documentation is released.

What is a service humanoid actually for?

For the moments when the interface should be a person-shaped one. Screens and kiosks dispense information; a humanoid delivers reception — it approaches, gestures, makes eye-level contact, walks a guest to the lift rather than describing the route. In venues that trade on experience, that difference is revenue: the exhibition stand with a humanoid host draws the crowd, the hotel lobby with a robot concierge is photographed and shared, the corporate showroom with a walking, talking guide communicates innovation before a word is spoken. The C1 is built for exactly this economy. Its balance and crowd-safe navigation let it operate where visitors actually stand; its multilingual large-model conversation scales one greeter across every language a terminal or expo receives; and its performance capability — proven in front of the world's cameras in ballroom form — turns scheduled moments into programmed entertainment. It supports staff with light handling and guidance tasks, but its core cargo is attention, information and welcome.

Who is the Walker C1 for?

For hotels, resorts and cruise operators staffing lobbies with a greeter who never tires of the two-hundredth arrival; for airports, stations and visitor centres needing multilingual guidance at scale; for exhibition organisers, museums and showrooms where a humanoid host is both service and centrepiece; for corporations and developers furnishing headquarters, banks and retail flagships with a public face of innovation; for brands and event producers programming appearances, launches and choreographed performances; and for universities and research groups studying human-robot interaction on a platform whose SDK opens its motion and dialogue systems. Buyers whose requirements run to industrial manipulation will find UBTECH's Walker S series the natural sibling — same maker, opposite shift.

What is the UBTECH Walker C1 used for?

1. Reception and greeting: welcoming guests and orienting arrivals in hotels, offices and public buildings.
2. Visitor guidance: autonomous escorted tours and wayfinding through exhibition halls, terminals and campuses.
3. Multilingual information service: answering questions and delivering announcements across languages in busy venues.
4. Presentations and hosting: delivering briefings, product introductions and stage segments as a "silicon spokesperson."
5. Entertainment and performance: choreographed routines — from gesture sets to full dance programmes — for events and attractions.
6. Interaction research and integration: SDK-based development of service behaviours, dialogue and custom deployments.

Pricing and Availability

The UBTECH Walker C1 is available through this page as a newly launched platform, from single-unit deployments for lobbies and showrooms to multi-unit programmes for venue operators, event producers and integrators. As allocations follow UBTECH's commercial rollout and configurations — including customisation, content development, training and support scope — vary by deployment, price, cost and delivery timeline are confirmed by individual quotation; delivery, customs clearance and after-sales support are arranged worldwide. Purchase enquiries, specification updates and availability details for the Walker C1 are available on this page.

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the UBTECH Walker C1?

A new-generation full-size commercial service humanoid from UBTECH Robotics — 165 centimetres and around 50 kilograms — built for public-facing roles in hotels, airports, exhibitions and commercial venues, and debuted as the official "silicon spokesperson" of the China International Supply Chain Expo 2026.

Why did it debut by dancing?

Because partnered dance is a public proof of the hard capabilities service work requires: continuous balance, whole-body coordination and real-time response to a human's movements — demonstrated in a live waltz with a human partner and ballet routines alongside professional dancers.

What can it do in a venue?

Greet and welcome guests, guide visitors through large indoor spaces on autonomous navigation, hold multilingual conversations powered by UBTECH's embodied large model, deliver presentations, perform choreographed routines, and assist staff with light service tasks.

How is it customised?

Through its comprehensive SDK and standard interfaces: integrators script dialogue, tours, presentations and motion — drawing on the built-in library of dynamic, customisable movements — to fit each venue's brand and workflow.

Is it safe among crowds?

It is designed for exactly that setting: a light 50-kilogram composite build, smooth servo-driven motion, structured-light 3D perception and obstacle-avoiding navigation tuned for shared, busy indoor environments.

How does it differ from UBTECH's Walker S industrial robots?

By profession: the Walker S series works production lines with heavy-duty manipulation, while the C1 works front-of-house — optimised for navigation, interaction, expression and presence rather than industrial payloads; together they span UBTECH's factory-to-lobby humanoid range.

Where can I buy the UBTECH Walker C1 and what does it cost?

The Walker C1 is available through this page, with delivery, customs clearance and after-sales support arranged for buyers worldwide. As a newly launched platform with deployment-specific configuration, buyers should request an individual quotation. All purchasing details are available on this page.

Summary

The UBTECH Walker C1 is the humanoid hired for the front of the house: full adult height, ballroom balance, a linguist's ear and a performer's repertoire, from the company that ships humanoids at scale for both factories and lobbies. It navigates crowded venues alone, converses in the visitor's language through embodied AI, hosts, guides, presents — and, when the occasion calls, dances well enough to share a stage with professionals. For hotels, airports, exhibitions and brands, it converts the oldest service values — welcome, attention, grace — into a deployable, programmable asset. The machine that waltzed into the category is now taking enquiries — and this page is the starting point.