UBTECH Unveils Walker C1 Humanoid Robot for Commercial Service Scenarios
UBTECH has officially unveiled its next-generation humanoid robot, the Walker C1, at the fourth China International Supply Chain Expo in Beijing. Designed specifically for commercial service environments, the Walker C1 brings embodied intelligence to a range of urban applications including reception and wayfinding, business services, entertainment and interactive experiences, as well as education and scientific research.
The Walker C1 departs from the conventional cold, metallic aesthetic of industrial robots through the integration of 3D-printed lattice structures that function as artificial “muscle tissue,” giving the machine a more organic and approachable appearance. Standing at 1.64 meters tall and weighing 55 kilograms — roughly the dimensions of an average adult — the robot strikes a balance between physical presence and operational practicality.
Mobility is a defining feature of the Walker C1. The robot is equipped with 53 degrees of freedom distributed across its body: 14 in the upper limbs, 12 in the lower limbs, three in the waist and torso assembly, and two in the neck. This joint configuration maps closely to the key motion nodes of the human body, enabling the robot to simulate human movement with a high degree of fidelity and coordination.
A triple-joint waist design, combined with full-body trajectory tracking and dynamic balance algorithms, allows the Walker C1 to perform real-time closed-loop motion control. The control system continuously compensates for coupling disturbances between the torso and limbs, neutralizing the destabilizing effects of instantaneous shifts in the center of gravity and inertial torque. The result is an exceptional ability to maintain dynamic equilibrium even on single-foot or double-foot point-contact stances, enabling complex movements such as ballet choreography and waltz routines. Notably, the robot can also achieve high-difficulty human-robot partnered dancing.
On the intelligence side, the Walker C1 is powered by 2,070 TOPS of on-device edge computing capability. This hardware foundation runs UBTECH’s proprietary Thinker embodied intelligence large model, endowing the robot with natural language interaction, task comprehension and autonomous execution, 3D intelligent navigation, and the ability to learn continuously from new experiences.
To accommodate diverse commercial deployment needs, UBTECH has made the Walker C1 an open platform. Low-level servo drivers and sensors, as well as upper-layer application APIs, are fully accessible to third-party developers. The robot ships with both a standard and customizable motion library, along with a software development platform and an industry knowledge base, enabling customers to tailor the Walker C1 to specific vertical applications through secondary development.