UBTECH Robotics introduced the humanoid robot Walker Tienkung
English translation from Unibot. Source published 2026-10-23.
Walker Tienkung is a full-size humanoid robot from UBTECH Robotics. It is made for research, training and development.
Height - 170 cm, weight - 55 kg. The stated maximum speed reaches 10 km/h. Features shown include avoiding obstacles, running 100 meters, walking up stairs and sorting goods.
According to the Humanoid.Guide Skill Score, the robot scores 4 out of 10 and falls into the developing category. Navigation is rated 3 out of 5, manipulation - only 1 out of 5. The profile is clearly biased towards mobility, rather than complex handling of objects.
Features and platform
49 degrees of freedom are stated, load capacity is 6 kg, operation on a single charge is eight hours. The body is constructed from aerospace-grade aluminum and titanium alloy, and the integrated UBTECH joint modules produce a peak torque of up to 300 Nm.
Support for Linux and ROS 2 gives developers a familiar software environment. Modular arms, hand options and sensors open up room for experimentation. In short, it is a platform for studying humanoid movement and basic handling of objects, and not a ready-made universal worker.
Capabilities and learning opportunities
Avoiding obstacles, running 100 m and stairs are a good set of locomotor tasks to explore. It is convenient to study route selection, balance and transitions between a flat surface and steps. Running provides context for analyzing movement dynamics, and obstacle avoidance allows you to understand navigation around physical obstacles. Sorting items adds a manipulative task that can be associated with moving around the workspace.
For educational programs, these are all specific topics for exercises and assessment. Research teams can build experiments around each task individually or look at how navigation and sorting fit into the overall workflow. High scores for navigation and low scores for manipulation make the emphasis on mobility obvious.
Price and origin
Walker Tienkung is already in production. Price: $41,000. This makes it an accessible purchasing platform for universities, research institutes and developers.
The robot was created by UBTECH Robotics from Shenzhen together with the Beijing Humanoid Robot Innovation Center. At the start, the emphasis was on a full-size research humanoid for less than 300,000 yuan. This approach links the platform to efforts to make humanoid hardware more accessible to technical education and experimentation.
Software foundation
Support for ROS 2 and the Huisi Kaiwu embodied AI platform provides a software foundation for development, and optional NVIDIA Orin computing provides flexibility for expansion. The key value here is the combination: human scale, research software environment and a clear set of physical tasks - all in a commercially available product.