China Is Building 100,000 Humanoid Robots. They Still Struggle With Basic Jobs.
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China's Humanoid 'Mass-Production Year': The Gap Between Making Robots and Using Them
2026 is being called China's mass-production year for humanoid robots. At the World Robot Conference, the numbers looked stirring. Counterpoint Research says global humanoid shipments surpassed 22,000 in the first half of the year, up nearly 300% year over year, while the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology expects China's full-year output to exceed 100,000 units. The top Chinese makers are scaling hard: AgiBot shipped roughly 9,700 …
It is not yet clear that humanoid robots are going to be a big market, but if there is one thing we can be clear is that China will be the leader. A small market that grows fast. In the first six months of 2026 a total of 22,000 humanoid robots have been distributed (unsold) all over the world. The post The shipments of humanoid robots have tripled so far this year first appeared on Cubadebate.
China has just made clear who rules in the humanoid robot market: 22,000 units in six months, the triple that a year ago. It’s not a science fiction headline, it’s Counterpoint Research’s latest report. The ranking: five out of five, made in China The report counts distributed shipments, not sold to the general public. There are few if you compare them to mobile, but the market has tripled in year-on-year rate. Counterpoint expects 2026 to close…
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