Humanoid robot maker UBTech shows off its Walker S robot working on the assembly line at the Nio plant in a video。

(Video screenshot shows UBTech humanoid robot affixing logo on Nio vehicle。）

NIO (NYSE: NIO) is testing humanoid robots on an assembly line at one of its plants, a move expected to boost an already high level of automation.。

Hong Kong-listed humanoid robot maker Youbixuan Robot (HKG: 9880) shared a video on Weibo yesterday showing its Walker S robot working on the assembly line at the Weilai plant.。

UBTech says this is the first real-world training for Walker S at a new energy vehicle (NEV) plant。The company said on Weibo that "behind simple tasks are technology and strength."。

During the training process, Walker S used real-time image acquisition and transmission capabilities to participate in the quality inspection of door locks, seat belts, and lampshades, and was able to stick five stars on the car。According to the video, the Hicle logo。

UBTech did not share more information about Walker S's work at the Nio plant。Weilai did not release information about the test。

Tan Min, chief brand officer of UBTech, said that according to another video shared by the company on Weibo on February 20, humanoid robots need to enter the field of industrial intelligent manufacturing.。

One of the most important things, he says, is getting robots into real factory environments to find solutions。

Founded in March 2012 and headquartered in Shenzhen, UBTech is a family-shaped intelligent service robotics company, according to its website.。

The company first listed on the Hong Kong stock market on December 29, 2023 under the ticker symbol 9880, making it the first humanoid robot manufacturer to list in Hong Kong.。

On the same day of the company's IPO, the local media interface quoted supply chain sources as saying that UBTech's products may have entered the production line of BYD (OTCMKTS: BYDDF), also located in Shenzhen.。< / p >

When asked about the matter, Uber Tech CEO Zhou Jian reportedly said he could not confirm this, but the company has approached a number of new energy vehicle manufacturers.。

According to its website, UBTech's humanoid robots include Walker, Walker X and Panda。Walker S is not in its product list。

The description on the UBTech website shows that Walker is 145cm tall and weighs 77kg.。

Humanoid robot uses Intel i7 7500U and i5 6200U as the processor, the operating system is Ubuntu + Linux RT Preempt + ROS + Android。

Walker uses lithium iron phosphate battery as the power source, it takes 2 hours to fully charge, and the battery life is 2 hours。

NIO produces at its F1 and F2 plants in Hefei, east China's Anhui province, which were originally assets of its car production partner Anhui Jianghuai Automobile Group but were acquired by the company late last year.。

Both plants have highly automated production lines, CnEVPost visited the F1 plant in December 2020 and the F2 plant in NeoPark, Hefei in November 2023.。

Weilai opened the F2 plant for public viewing in October last year, saying at the time that the plant's body shop was one of the most advanced in the world, with 756 robots for automated production.。

Ji Huaqiang, vice president of manufacturing, said in an interview with Caijing that the factory will give more priority to the use of humanoid robots and will also consider using robots that can think independently.。English-language media, including CnEVPost, reported at the F2 plant in November last year.。