UBTECH Robotics Inc. is a Chinese manufacturer of
robots based in
Shenzhen,
Guangdong.
History
Ubtech was founded in 2012 by Zhou Jian. Ubtech specializes in
humanoid robots. Ubtech exhibited at
IFA Berlin in 2017 and showed its latest innovations.
In 2018, the Italian mobile communications provider
Telecom Italia Mobile set a
Guinness world record
''Guinness World Records'', known from its inception in 1955 until 1999 as ''The Guinness Book of Records'' and in previous United States editions as ''The Guinness Book of World Records'', is a reference book published annually, listing world ...
for simultaneous dance for robots with 1,372 Alpha S1 robots from Ubtech. The old record was 1,069 robots. In 2020 its robots were used to help medical workers treating
COVID-19 patients in Shenzhen.
After a
Series-C funding round by
Tencent and
ICBC it was valued at $5 billion. It was planning an
IPO as of 2019.
In December 2021, the company delivered pint-sized robots to 300 pre-schools in
Seoul, South Korea.
In January 2022, Ubtech launched a mobile robot that emits UV rays to disinfect. The robot was commercially launched in USA.
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Manufacturing companies based in Shenzhen
Robotics companies of China
Manufacturing companies established in 2012
Engineering companies of China
Chinese companies established in 2012