UBTech Robotics (data-centre hardware supplier)

China centre, HQ China, founded 2012. Liuzhou centre (Guangxi) runs 100+ humanoids; Reuters: novice trainer gets one usable movement in 300 attempts. Most of its large 2025 humanoid orders went to state-backed data collection centres; leads a national dataset quality standard.

Data it collects

Workers in

China

Known buyers

Scale

• Sold 566M yuan of humanoids to three data collection centres (2026-01-07)
• Nearly 60% of 1.4bn yuan 2025 orders came from data collection centres (2026-09-02)
• Target of over 1M hours of real data (2026-09-02)

Events

• 2026-09-01 Reuters: Liuzhou robot training center struggles nst.com.my ↗ Major outlet
• 2026-08-31 Reuters: Liuzhou training centre has no clear path to profitability insurancejournal.com ↗ Secondary
• 2026-07-22 China starts first national standard on humanoid dataset quality sina.com.cn ↗ Secondary
• 2026-05-20 Chinese report: robot makers sell to state data centres, then buy the data back qq.com ↗ Secondary
• 2026-01-07 Rest of World: China's state-funded robot training centers restofworld.org ↗ Major outlet
• 2026-01-07 Rest of World: 40+ state-owned robot data collection centres announced in China restofworld.org ↗ Major outlet
• 2025-11-17 UBTech Walker S2 orders top 800M yuan, incl. 159M yuan Zigong data centre prnewswire.co.uk ↗ Secondary

Sources

• Shenzhen-based firm UBTech Robotics sold 566 million yuan ($80 million) worth of humanoid robots to three data collection centers in the provinces of Jiangxi, Guangxi, and Sichuan.restofworld.org ↗ Major outlet 2026-01-07
• 优必选2025年签下了14亿元订单，其中近六成来自数采中心163.com ↗ Secondary 2026-09-02
• Robot maker UBTech won an $18 million tender from the Guangxi regional government last October to supply the training facility with humanoids and related hardware.insurancejournal.com ↗ Secondary 2026-08-31
• 2025年10月到12月，短短三个月，优必选一口气签下了6笔数采中心的大单，总计约8.29亿元。qq.com ↗ Secondary 2026-05-20
• a recent contract to deploy Walker S2 robots at a data collection center in Zigong, valued at 159 million yuanprnewswire.co.uk ↗ Secondary 2025-11-17
• UBTECH has built and operated humanoid robot data collection and testing centers in Wuxi, Sichuan, and other regions.gasgoo.com ↗ Secondary 2026-04-03

Every row links to its source, and hovering a link shows the quote it rests on. Research compiled 2026-10-05. Method