$16,500 – $136,400¥119,800 (U1 Lite bust), ¥169,800 (U1 Pro full body, cut by ¥10,000 on JD.com the day after launch), ¥880,000 (U1 Ultra female) and ¥990,000 (U1 Ultra male), about $16,500 – $136,400 converted. JD.com pre-orders with a ¥3,000 deposit ran from June 2 to July 15, 2026. October 2026 check. Year from the June 30, 2026 Shenzhen launch.
AvailableScriptedSilicone skinTalks with an LLMOnly Ultra walksChina only
Weeks+Shipping: China only. Sold in China through JD.com and UBTECH's flagship store, with first deliveries announced from September 16, 2026. No official US sales or price. Official page ↗
Overview
UBTECH's consumer UWORLD brand sells lifelike, full-size companion humanoids with silicone skin, blinking eyes, eye-tracking cameras and lip-synced speech, aimed at emotional companionship rather than chores. The line comes as a bust (Lite), a full body that cannot walk (Pro) and a walking full body (Ultra), with a choice of a male or female figure. It sits beside UBTECH's industrial Walker S2 and its small Alpha Mini, and competes with other lifelike humanoids such as Moya. The catch is that the affordable versions do not walk, runtime is about 4 hours, and Chinese media reported delivery confusion, with some U1 Pro buyers told to expect units by November 30, 2026.
A lifelike conversation companion for buyers in China, not a household helper, and only the costliest Ultra walks.
Specifications
| Category | Bipeds · Full-size humanoids |
|---|---|
| Released | 2026 |
| Country | China |
| Availability | Available |
| Sales | Over 13,361 orders across channels by the June 30, 2026 launch, a company claim of orders rather than deliveries (estimate) UBTECH launch release (PR Newswire) ↗ |
| Programmability | No SDK, app / visual programming only |
| Built-in autonomy | Reactive · Responds to its surroundings without a map, such as avoiding obstacles or following a person |
| LLM support | Built-in LLM chat · Runs UBTECH's own emotion-driven large language model for spoken conversation, with emotion recognition and an "Agent Memory OS" for long-term memory. UBTECH launch release (PR Newswire) ↗ |
| Best for | Ages 18+ (estimated) |
| Vision sensors | Camera |
| Actuators | Other |
| Audio | Speaker, Microphone |
| Compute type | NVIDIA Jetson, Other ARM chip |
| Balance type | Scripted |
| Height | 183 cm (male "Lingye") / 168 cm (female "Xiaoyou") |
| Weight | 42 kg (male) / 35.2 kg (female) |
| Compute | ARM64 + NVIDIA Jetson Orin |
| Speed | Not published |
| DOF | 88 in total (company figure), including 24 in the head and neck |
| Sensors | 2 RGB cameras in the eyes, 6-microphone array in the head, 2 chest sensors, speaker in the back of the head |
| Balance | Only the U1 Ultra walks on its own. The U1 Lite is a bust, and the full-body U1 Pro poses, hugs and holds hands but cannot walk by itself. Walking control method not published, and reviewers of the launch demo noted a stiff, mechanical gait. |
| SDK | None published. Configured through UBTECH's companion app (unconfirmed) |
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