UBtech Robotics

Ubtech Robotics Inc. is a Chinese manufacturer of robots based in Shenzhen, Guangdong. Ubtech was founded in 2012 by Zhou Jian.[1] Ubtech specializes in humanoid robots. Ubtech exhibited at IFA Berlin in 2017 and showed its latest innovations.[2]

UBtech Robotics
Typeprivate company
IndustryRobotics
Founded2012 (2012)
China
HeadquartersShenzhen, China
Key people
Zhou Jian
(CEO)
Number of employees
1,000 (2019)
Websiteubtrobot.com

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 where used to help medical workers treating COVID-19 patients in Shenzhen.[4]

As of May 3, 2018, the company has raised a total of $940 million in funding over 4 rounds.[1] 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]

References
  1. "UBTech Robotics". Chrunchbase.
  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.
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