In a groundbreaking move for industrial automation, UBTECH has successfully executed the world's first collaborative practical training program for humanoid robots at ZEEKR's state-of-the-art 5G-Intelligent Factory. This initiative represents a key advancement in developing a general-purpose Swarm Intelligence system for humanoid robots, marking a major leap from single-agent autonomy to swarm intelligence (SI), the Shenzhen-based company said in a press release today.
UBTECH humanoid robots work at Zeeker's 5G-Intelligent Factory. The cutting-edge robots utilize swarm intelligence and advanced AI to optimize manufacturing processes.SI is a form of collective intelligence that emerges from the interactive behavior of self-organized systems, particularly in natural and artificial systems composed of a large number of individuals who coordinate through decentralized control and self-organization. The concept is inspired by the social behaviors of animals such as ants, bees, birds, and fish, which work together in large groups to solve complex problems or complete tasks without a central leader or controller.The training program saw multiple Walker S1 humanoid robots from UBTECH work in unison across a variety of complex industrial tasks and scenarios, according to a video clip released by the company.
UBTECH humanoid robots collaborate on tasks inside ZEEKR’s 5G-Intelligent Factory.
Dozens of Walker S1 robots were seen executing collaborative sorting, handling, and precision assembly tasks. The robots utilize cross-field, pure-vision-based perception technology and intelligent hybrid decision-making to optimize sorting tasks and ensure efficient collaboration.To enable humanoid robots to effectively operate at scale in production-line environments, UBTECH said it has deployed a networked cluster that explores the emergence of advanced embodied intelligence through swarm behaviors and high-frequency interaction with their physical surroundings. Central to this achievement is the development of BrainNet, a software framework designed for humanoid robot collaboration, and the introduction of the Internet of Humanoids (IoH), a centralized control hub that serves as a blueprint for implementing swarm intelligence in both software and hardware.
UBTECH’s advanced humanoid robots in action at ZEEKR’s high-tech 5G-Intelligent Factory.BrainNet's framework intricately links cloud-device collaborative inference nodes and skill nodes, creating a "super brain" and an "intelligent sub-brain" within the SI system. The super-brain, powered by a large multimodal-reasoning model, manages complex production-line tasks with intelligent hybrid decision-making. The intelligent sub-brain, based on the Transformer model, supports parallel distributed learning and accelerates skill generation and transfer, thus enhancing multi-robot collaboration.The Shenzhen-based robotics company also claimed to have developed the world's first multimodal-reasoning model for humanoid robots, which serves as the core engine of the super-brain. This AI system, currently under development with DeepSeek-R1 deep reasoning technology, equips humanoid robots with human-like commonsense reasoning, enabling them to autonomously break down, schedule, and coordinate tasks in complex industrial workflows.
UBTECH's Walker S humanoid robots operate togetherat ZEEKR's 5G-Intelligent Factory. The multimodal-reasoning model has been trained on an extensive industrial dataset accumulated from practical training with the Walker S series in multiple automotive factories. By leveraging Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) technology, the model can rapidly adapt to specialized job functions, improving decision-making accuracy and scalability.UBTECH's collaboration with industry leaders such as Dongfeng Liuzhou Motor, Geely Auto, FAW-Volkswagen Qingdao, Audi FAW, BYD, BAIC New Energy, Foxconn, and SF Express has led to the widespread deployment of the Walker S series humanoid robots in automotive factories.It expects to expand robot deployment to more partner factories to further reinforce the scalable adoption of humanoid robots in industrial applications, the company said.
A fleet of UBTECH’s Walker S humanoid robots stands ready at ZEEKR’s 5G-Intelligent Factory. UBTECH expects to expand robot deployment to more partner factories.
