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| UWORLD U1 Pro | |
|---|---|
| General information | |
| Manufacturer | UBTECH Robotics |
| Brand | UWORLD |
| Series | UWORLD U1 |
| Type | Companion humanoid robot (full-body) |
| Height | 183 cm (male) / 168 cm (female) |
| Weight | 42 kg (male) / 35.2 kg (female) |
| Degrees of freedom | 88 |
| Battery | 2 to 4 hours |
| Price | RMB 169,800 |
| Unveiled | June 30, 2026 |
| Status | Pre-order |
The UWORLD U1 Pro is the standard full-body model in the UWORLD U1 line of emotional-companionship humanoid robots from UBTECH Robotics, sold under the company's UWORLD consumer brand. Priced at RMB 169,800, it occupies the middle of a three-trim lineup, above the semi-torso U1 Lite and below the flagship U1 Ultra. In UBTECH's official launch materials the Pro is designated the "high-performance full-body" configuration. [1] The U1 series was unveiled at UBTECH's 2026 Global Launch Event in Shenzhen on June 30, 2026, and is sold on a pre-order basis. [1]
This page covers what is specific to the Pro trim. For the full description of the shared U1 hardware and AI platform, see the UWORLD U1 series article.
UBTECH offers the U1 in three trims that differ by body configuration, movement, and price. The Lite is a lightweight semi-torso build, while the Pro and the Ultra are both full-size builds with legs. The two full-body trims are not equivalent in movement, however: Chinese trade coverage reports that autonomous locomotion is reserved for the high-dynamic Ultra, while the Pro adds a full body and limbs but had not demonstrated independent walking at launch. [2][3][9] Reported pricing is as follows. [2][3]
| Trim | Configuration | Price (RMB) |
|---|---|---|
| U1 Lite | Semi-torso, lightweight | 119,800 |
| U1 Pro | High-performance full-body | 169,800 |
| U1 Ultra | High-dynamic full-body | 880,000 (female) / 990,000 (male) |
Within this structure the Pro is the least expensive full-body model, since the cheaper Lite omits the lower body. Several outlets describe the Pro as the series "standard model," positioning it as the mainstream full-size option for buyers who want a complete humanoid robot form without the roughly five-to-six-fold price step up to the Ultra. [2][3] Published listings quote a single figure of RMB 169,800 (about EUR 21,500, or roughly HK$195,000) for the Pro, whereas the Ultra is quoted separately for its male and female builds. [2][3]
The Pro's defining feature relative to the U1 Lite is that it adds a complete lower body with bipedal legs, making it a full standing figure rather than a torso. Like the rest of the full-size line, it is offered in male and female builds: the male stands 183 cm and weighs 42 kg, and the female stands 168 cm and weighs 35.2 kg. [4][5] Public reporting presents these dimensions as the standard full-size U1 figures rather than isolating the Pro, but they describe the full-body configuration that the Pro shares with the Ultra. [4][5]
As a full-body unit the Pro carries the series' full complement of 88 degrees of freedom, distributed across the arms, legs, hands, neck, chest, and torso, which UBTECH says lets it reproduce up to 90 percent of fundamental human movements. [1][4] Chinese outlets that itemized the trims put the Pro's articulation at 64 passive and 24 active degrees of freedom plus a five-axis biomimetic neck. [9] At launch the Pro could blink, turn its head, gesture, sit, stand, and hold conversations, but UBTECH had not demonstrated it walking: IT Home reported that its walking function was not yet shown and that autonomous locomotion is a feature of the Ultra. [9] Like the rest of the line it is not built for climbing stairs, negotiating uneven terrain, or performing household chores. [5][7] Battery life is quoted at 2 to 4 hours per charge, with Wi-Fi connectivity for cloud-assisted features. [3][5]
UBTECH's press materials call the Pro the "high-performance full-body" model and the Ultra the "high-dynamic full-body" model. [1] While the English-language announcement did not spell out the difference, Chinese trade coverage of the launch did: IT Home and other outlets reported that where the Pro chiefly adds limbs over the half-body Lite, the Ultra additionally has autonomous locomotion and more powerful onboard compute. [9] In practice the Ultra is the trim shown walking on two legs and reproducing a human gait, with UBTECH crediting it with more than 30 "high-dynamic" motions, whereas the Pro's walking function had not been demonstrated at launch. [9] Some early English-language coverage described walking as a general U1 capability, but the trim-level breakdown that reserves autonomous movement for the Ultra comes from Chinese-language reporting. [9] The two trims otherwise share the lifelike exterior, the emotion-aware AI platform, the 183 cm / 168 cm full-size dimensions, and the 2-to-4-hour battery, and the Ultra is the only trim UBTECH priced separately for its male and female builds, at RMB 990,000 and 880,000 respectively, several times the Pro's single price. [1][2][8][9]
Because the U1 line is a newly announced product, detailed independent testing of the trims' real-world motion had not been published at launch, and some early coverage noted that UBTECH's capability claims remained at the marketing level. [3] The specific performance figures attributed to the Ultra came from launch-window reporting rather than a full published specification sheet. [9]
Beyond its body tier, the Pro inherits the full U1 companion platform. That includes the lifelike silicone skin, realistic hair and expressive face intended to read as human, the proprietary dual-pivot biomimetic cervical spine in the neck, and an emotion-aware AI stack built on large language models with a cross-temporal Agent Memory OS and a proactive-care engine that estimates a user's mood from facial expression, tone, and speech. [1][7] UBTECH markets these as tools for emotional companionship rather than labor, and positions the U1 as an AI companion rather than a household-chore or industrial robot. [5][7]
These shared systems are common to all three trims and are described in full on the UWORLD U1 series page, which also covers the company background, the emotion-recognition and latency figures, and the ethics debate around highly realistic companion robots. This variant page does not reproduce those details.
Pre-sales for the U1 opened on June 2, 2026 on JD.com under the UWORLD brand, with a refundable deposit of 3,000 yuan (about US$450) reserving a first-batch slot. [3][5] UBTECH set a reservation window closing July 15, 2026 and promised deliveries no later than September 15, 2026, with the initial sales limited to mainland China. [3] Demand was strong in the opening days: reservations passed 1,000 within three days and about 2,110 within six days, and UBTECH reported 13,361 cumulative orders across the U1 series by the June 30, 2026 launch event. [1][3] As of launch the Pro, like the rest of the range, was listed at a fixed pre-order price of RMB 169,800 and had not yet begun shipping. [2][3]