UBTECH Liuzhou plant targets one humanoid every 10 minutes
In mid-September 2026, trade coverage described UBTECH’s Liuzhou plant in Guangxi as moving from ceremony to rate. The facility is reported at about 14,000 square meters, designed for a 10-minute cycle and more than 10,000 humanoid units a year.
What the reports actually say
Humanoids Daily published on 13 September 2026. Follow-up pieces on 15–16 September repeat the 10-minute / 10,000-unit framing and place start-up around 12 September.
The same cluster of reports mentions a factory digital twin, mobile manipulators for inbound material, and post-assembly stress testing. Treat vendor-supplied cycle times as design intent until shipment data is public. Walker S2 is the platform named for the line.
Same news cycle, different line: XPeng IRON
On 8 September XPeng said an IRON unit walked off a new Guangzhou line. Mass production is still framed as late 2026; commercial delivery is framed as 2027. Volume plants do not prove general-purpose labor works. They prove the bill of materials can be repeated.
Do not claim “robots building robots” as a world first. Do not invent a Walker S2 retail price.
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✔ How we checked this
Checked 17 September 2026 from Humanoids Daily (13 Sep) and Insider Paper (15 Sep) relays. The 10-minute cycle and 10,000-unit annual capacity are reported design figures, not audited shipments.
Information verified as of the publication or update date shown. Technology moves fast — check the sources below.
Sources
- Inside UBTECH’s 10,000-Unit Super Factory — Humanoids Daily
- China humanoid robot factory build robots UBTECH — Insider Paper
- XPeng IRON off the line — XPeng
