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UBTech Robotics Walker Tienkung, UBTech Robotics UWORLD U1, UBTech Robotics Yanshee compared on the things that decide a purchase: price, capability, what actually ships, and estimated costs to your destination.
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UBTech Robotics
Walker Tienkung
No delivered price
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UBTech Robotics
UWORLD U1
No delivered price
No recorded shipping route to United States.
UBTech Robotics
Yanshee
$2,199
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| Specification |  UBTech Robotics Walker Tienkung |  UBTech Robotics UWORLD U1 |  UBTech Robotics Yanshee |
|---|---|---|---|
| Priced configuration | See seller configuration | See seller configuration | See seller configuration |
| Listed price | $41,200 | $23,400 | $2,199 |
| Class | Frontier | Dev / demo | Hobby |
| Who can buy | Enterprise | Consumer | Consumer |
| Status | Shipping now | Preorder | Shipping now |
| Capability rating | 4/5 | 5/5 | 2/5 |
| Maturity rating | 4/5 | 3/5 | 5/5 |
| Origin | China | China | China |
| Size class | Full-size | Full-size | Desktop |
| Height | 173 cm / 5 ft 8 in | 183 cm / 6 ft 0 in | 37 cm / 1 ft 3 in |
| Footprint (W x D) | 46 x 28 cm | 48 x 30 cm | 19.2 x 10.6 cm |
| Weight | 64 kg | 42 kg | 2.05 kg |
| Degrees of freedom | 20 | 88 | 17 |
| Battery (listed) | 210 min | 120 min | Not published |
| Payload (listed) | Not published | Not published | Not published |
| Hands | Hands sold separately | Dexterous hands included | No hands, none offered |
| Out of the box | Robust locomotion: 10 km/h run across slopes, stairs, sand, and snow, with the Huisi Kaiwu embodied-AI platform for research. Manipulation needs the Embodied Intelligence version, which has hands and 7-DoF arms; UBTECH's grasping example supports only that version. | Powered on, it holds spoken conversation in Chinese, tracks you with camera-driven gaze and lifelike facial expressions, recognizes 20+ emotional states (UBTech claims 90%+ accuracy) and responds within about 500 ms with sub-20 ms lip-sync. It remembers past interactions via an on-device memory OS and offers proactive, wake-word-free companionship. UBTech documents no chores, object fetching or physical work for it. | Charge it, install the free Yanshee app (iOS/Android), and out of the box it walks, gets up, dances, and runs preset motions; responds to voice commands; does face, image, and voice recognition; reads its onboard sensors (gyroscope, temperature, humidity, pressure, infrared); and speaks and answers simple questions. You can drive all of this and do Blockly (drag-and-drop) programming with zero coding. |
| Development access | Full access to motor, sensor, and motion interfaces for research, based on the open Tien Kung platform that won the Beijing robot half-marathon. | No developer SDK, API, or EDU/research edition was announced. The U1 is positioned as a sealed emotional-companion appliance with a three-layer privacy architecture (local-first processing, encrypted on-device memory, minimal cloud dependency). Programmatic access and third-party skill development are not part of the product. | Fully open-source platform aimed at education. Onboard Raspberry Pi 3B (Broadcom BCM2837, 16GB) is user-accessible. Supports Python, C/C++, Java, Perl, and Blockly, with documented APIs and basic ROS support (UBTech documents communication with the robot's feature modules through ROS nodes). Developer resources and SDK live at the UBTech Yanshee developer portal (yandev.ubtrobot.com). No paywall to unlock the SDK: openness is the selling point. |
| Best for | Research labs (with a China import route) that want an inexpensive full-size locomotion platform. | A China-based buyer who wants a lifelike, always-on conversational companion (companionship, elder care, reception/hospitality presence, or psychological-support settings) and specifically values realistic appearance and emotional interaction over any ability to do physical work. | Schools, universities, and self-directed learners who want an affordable, fully open humanoid platform to teach robotics, computer vision, voice AI, and ROS. Ideal for a classroom set or a maker who wants to program a walking biped in Python without building hardware from scratch. |
| Listing checked | 2026-10: sources for UBTech Robotics Walker Tienkung | 2026-10: sources for UBTech Robotics UWORLD U1 | 2026-10: sources for UBTech Robotics Yanshee |
Listed prices may cover different configurations and tax terms. Use the delivered estimates above for your destination. Battery and payload figures are manufacturer specifications, not results from a shared test.
Walker Tienkung
In the box
- 1.73 m robot, 64 kg, aluminum alloy and engineering plastics, 20 joints (4-DoF arms, no hands)
- Motion-control computer (Intel i7-1355U) running Ubuntu 22.04 with ROS
- Dual-battery quick-swap system, more than 3.5 hours of runtime
- Power adapter, remote controller and safety rope
- SDK documentation and RL gait training guide, with open joint and sensor interfaces
Not included
- Hands and 7-DoF arms (standard only on the Embodied Intelligence version)
- Cameras, voice module and Orin AGX development computer (Voice & Vision and Embodied Intelligence versions, up to 550 TOPS)
- Six-axis force sensing (Embodied Intelligence version only)
- A western storefront, published price or dealer
UWORLD U1
In the box
- The U1 robot in the tier you ordered (U1 Lite semi-torso, U1 Pro full-body, or U1 Ultra high-dynamic full-body)
- Silicone bionic skin, hair, eyes and facial hardware pre-installed (male 183 cm or female 168 cm build)
- On-device emotion-aware LLM and Agent Memory OS for out-of-box conversation and companionship
- Charging hardware
- Chinese-language voice assistant and companion app account
Not included
- Any documented labor or chore capability: UBTech's release and product page name no household task (the release lists only undefined 'premium domestic service applications')
- The U1 Lite tier is a semi-torso unit, so legs and full-body mobility are NOT included at the entry price
- English-first software or an international app: the experience is built for the China market
- A developer SDK or robotics research toolchain: this is a closed consumer companion, not an EDU/dev platform
- Manufacturer warranty or support outside mainland China
- Appearance/voice customization and the '3D facial reconstruction' likeness features (these are paid customization or limited program offerings, not standard)
Yanshee
In the box
- Yanshee humanoid robot (17 servos, Raspberry Pi 3B onboard)
- AC charger / power adapter
- Hard travel/storage case
- Printed user manual / quick-start guide
- 1 year access to the UBTech education platform and curriculum (60 course hours)
Not included
- No hands or grippers: the arms end in fixed open limbs, not manipulators
- No autonomous behavior: it follows app commands and code you write, it does not act on its own
- No spare or high-capacity battery (single built-in 2750 mAh pack, ~1 hour of active use)
- No developer laptop or VR headset (some marketing demos pair it with third-party gear you must supply)
- No paid support contract or extended warranty by default
- No advanced arm/tool add-ons (mini-arms, extra cameras) shown in community builds: those are third-party or 3D-printed
What the evidence tells you
- Highest capability rating
- UWORLD U1: 5/5.
- Highest maturity rating
- Yanshee: 5/5.
- Lowest listed weight
- Yanshee: 2.05 kg.
Capability and maturity are editorial ratings based on specifications and sales availability. They do not measure reliability, autonomy, or performance on your task. Each datasheet shows the scoring factors.