HONG KONG, Jan 21 (Reuters) - Chinese robotics firm UBTech said on Wednesday it had signed a deal with the world's largest planemaker, Airbus, to supply robots for use in aviation manufacturing.

UBTech executive highlights difficulty in replacing workers with machines but manufacturers are still racing to order them ...

UBTech Robotics Corp. shares jumped after the China-based humanoid maker received an order from Airbus SE, bolstering the outlook for use of its products in global manufacturing.

The idea of a humanoid robot building an airplane may sound far-fetched, but a new deal between the European aviation giant Airbus and Chinese robot specialist UBTech suggests that such a scenario ...

Humanoid robots achieve only up to 50% of human productivity in limited factory tasks, said Michael Tam, chief brand officer ...

European aerospace giant Airbus has purchased UBTech’s Walker S2 humanoid robots for use at its aircraft manufacturing plants.

A humanoid robot that walks, maintains eye contact, and displays subtle facial expressions has ...

A top Chinese humanoid robot maker says its latest machines are only half as efficient as human workers. UBTech chief brand officer Michael Tam said the firm’s Walker S2 robots were 30 to 50 per cent ...

Even with those limitations, orders for the machines are accelerating. Manufacturers such as BYD and Foxconn, both partners ...

Airbus is dipping its toes into the humanoid robot workforce with a purchase of China-based UBTech’s robots, according to Bloomberg. The European airplane manufacturer is apparently going to try to ...

Humanoid robots are on the brink of being commercially useful, say Chinese and US firms that in the past three months have announced plans to produce them at scale. Many researchers agree that there ...