UBTECH commenced production at its Industrial Humanoid Robot Super Smart Factory in Liuzhou, Guangxi, on September 12, establishing what the company calls the world's first manufacturing base for humanoid robots at 10,000-unit annual capacity2,8,12. The 14,000-square-meter facility produces one industrial humanoid every 10 minutes3,7.
UBTECH's Hong Kong-listed shares (09880.HK) rose more than 3% in early trading on September 14, reaching an intraday high of HK$80.4 with turnover of HK$125 million9.
Inside the production floor
The plant manufactures the Walker S series, including the Walker S2, and Cruzr wheeled platforms such as the Cruzr S2 and Cruzr Y14. A flexible mixed-line design allows different models to run on the same system without major hardware changes. Assembly uses flexible stations rather than a rigid overhead conveyor: workpieces ride self-docking rotating dollies with RFID-linked serial tracking, while automated torque stations drive more than 2,000 fasteners across roughly 50 specifications, logging depth and torque-angle telemetry into the factory's digital backbone.
The facility's central conceit is that robots build robots. Cruzr Y1 and Cruzr S2 units handle depalletizing, palletizing, loading, and material transport on the production line6. Collaborative robotic arms work with 360-degree rotating stations during final assembly, alongside autonomous guided vehicles and unmanned forklifts. Completed units move into a 65-square-meter automated stereoscopic warehouse that stores 112 humanoids, raising space utilization by more than 50%. Each finished robot then undergoes more than four hours of burn-in testing for joint, gait, and payload checks, followed by an automotive-grade lighting tunnel for multi-angle visual inspection.
Every robot receives a unique serial number enabling full lifecycle traceability of components, assembly parameters, and inspection records.
Siemens partnership and digital twin
UBTECH built the facility in collaboration with Siemens Digital Industries Software. The two companies modeled a 1:1 digital twin in Siemens Plant Simulation to validate whether the 10-minute takt time was achievable without congestion in tote returns and AGV buffers. They co-developed the Yanshee MOM manufacturing operations management system, built on Siemens Intelligence Center X, which coordinates production scheduling, material distribution, and quality monitoring.
Broader market context
The factory opening arrives as Chinese humanoid robot prices fall sharply. Unitree's average selling price dropped 72% from CNY 593,400 in 2023 to CNY 166,400 in 2025, and the overall localization rate of core humanoid robot components has surpassed 75%10. Global humanoid robot shipments in the first half of this year reached approximately 19,100 units, with Chinese manufacturers accounting for more than 97%. UBTECH itself reported total humanoid robot sales of 16,123 units and revenue of 1.27 billion yuan in the first half of the year, up 104.2% year-on-year.
Industry observers cited in Chinese media expect 2027–2028 to be a critical validation period for whether humanoids can reliably perform standardized tasks in industrial and logistics settings, with a potential inflection point toward standardized commercial procurement around 2028–2030. China News Service quoted UBTECH founder Zhou Jian on linking the plant to Liuzhou's manufacturing base so industrial humanoids can iterate on real stations and accumulate workplace data.