Overview
- UBTech posted a listing for a “Chief Scientist of Embodied Intelligence” with pay ranging from 15 million to 124 million yuan, or up to about $18 million.
- The role would steer advanced AI for robots and push deployments in manufacturing, commercial services, and home companionship.
- UBTech is also recruiting dozens of engineers to speed product development and scale its humanoid program.
- Earlier this year, the company said it reached a deal with Airbus to test its Walker S2 humanoids on factory production lines.
- Industry data from Omdia shows Chinese firms made nearly 90% of last year’s humanoid shipments, as UBTech reports overall revenue up more than 50% and humanoid earnings up more than twentyfold.