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UBTECH Robotics
Company typePublic
ISINCNE100006CQ4
IndustryRobotics
Founded2012; 12 years ago (2012)
China
HeadquartersShenzhen, China
Key people
Zhou Jian
(CEO)
Number of employees
1,000 (2019)
Websiteubtrobot.com

UBTECH Robotics Inc. is a Chinese manufacturer of robots based in Shenzhen, Guangdong.[1]

History

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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.[2]

In 2018, the Italian mobile communications provider Telecom Italia Mobile set a Guinness world record for simultaneous dance for robots with 1,372 Alpha S1 robots from Ubtech. The old record was 1,069 robots.[3] In 2020 its robots were used to help medical workers treating COVID-19 patients in Shenzhen.[4]

After a Series-C funding round by Tencent and ICBC it was valued at $5 billion. It was planning an IPO as of 2019.[5][6]

In December 2021, the company delivered pint-sized robots to 300 pre-schools in Seoul, South Korea.[7]

In January 2022, Ubtech launched a mobile robot that emits UV rays to disinfect. The robot was commercially launched in USA.[8]

The company had its Initial public offering (IPO) in December 2023, raising HK$1 billion on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange.[9]

References

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  1. ^ Malayil, Jijo. "China's UBTech picks ChatGPT rival Baidu to brain-power humanoid robot". Interesting Engineering. Retrieved 2024-07-06.
  2. ^ "IFA 2017 – UBTECH präsentiert Zukunft humanoider Roboter | Zaronews". www.zaronews.world. Retrieved 2020-09-13.
  3. ^ "Video: Watch more than 1,300 robots dance simultaneously to break a world record". Guinness World Records. 2018-03-23. Retrieved 2020-09-13.
  4. ^ "Video Friday: Robots Help Keep Medical Staff Safe at COVID-19 Hospital". IEEE Spectrum: Technology, Engineering, and Science News. Retrieved 2020-09-13.
  5. ^ "UBTECH Plans to Launch IPO within this Year". EqualOcean. Retrieved 2020-09-13.
  6. ^ "Tencent-backed robot maker UBTech set for listing on China market". Financial Times. July 15, 2019.
  7. ^ "Ubtech Robotics Delivers Pint-Sized Robots to 300 Pre-Schools in Seoul, South Korea". Pandaily. 2021-12-08. Retrieved 2022-01-06.
  8. ^ January 2022, 10th. "UBTECH's Mobile Disinfectant Robot Hits the Market". IoT World Today. Retrieved 2022-12-06.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  9. ^ "UBTech makes HK trading debut amid gloomy market". chinadailyhk. Retrieved 2024-06-08.