# UBTECH and Hitachi (China) Reach Strategic Partnership; Walker S2 Enters Hitachi Elevator Workshop for Field Testing

- Source: UBTECH Robotics
- Published: 2026-07-13T00:00:00.000Z
- RoboHot: https://robohot.news/en/items/nlh7ap03mv3cuwijg9oqxh24g
- Original: https://www.ubtrobot.com/en/about/news/826577556529221

## Summary

UBTECH and Hitachi (China) have signed a strategic cooperation agreement to explore humanoid robot applications in intelligent manufacturing, and the collaboration has entered a substantive validation phase. Hitachi has introduced UBTECH's industrial-grade humanoid robot Walker S2 into some manufacturing environments for on-site testing, and Hitachi China Research Institute, Hitachi Elevator, and UBTECH are conducting secondary development for this scenario in an elevator manufacturing workshop. The two sides will also carry out in-depth cooperation in fields including elevators, building systems, healthcare, industrial equipment, and semiconductor manufacturing equipment, and will jointly research the practical application and mass production of humanoid robots.

## Why it matters

The collaboration has entered the real-machine validation phase, with Walker S2 already being tested in a Hitachi Elevator workshop, giving readers a way to understand the progress of humanoid robots being deployed in manufacturing.