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UBTECH Walker S2: The learning curve is the product.

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Felix Ghauri

· 3 min read

UBTECH Walker S2 Robotics

Half as efficient as a human. Orders surging.

UBTECH Robotics says its Walker S2 humanoids run at roughly 30 to 50% of human productivity and only on certain tasks such as stacking boxes and quality control.

Yet Airbus, BYD and Texas Instruments are buying them.

Why would a manufacturer buy a tool that is twice as slow as the alternative? Because of the data loop.

Every humanoid on a factory floor sends data back to UBTech. The model improves. The robots get firmware updates that make them faster, more precise, and more capable.

The product isn’t just the robot. It’s the learning curve you’re buying into. If you wait until they are 100% efficient to deploy them, your competitor who started at 30% will already have mapped out the entire physical edge cases of your industry.

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Felix Ghauri

Applied AI Practitioner · Founder, Futures Forum

Felix helps organisations navigate AI and exponential change. He writes about technology, geopolitics, and the future of work.

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