At the opening of the World Robot Conference in Beijing on August 19, the delivery figures confirm an overwhelming concentration of humanoid production in China.
The World Robot Conference opened on August 19, 2026 in Beijing, and the figures published on this occasion paint a very unbalanced market: Chinese manufacturers are said to account for more than 90% of global shipments of humanoid robots, and occupy the top five places in the ranking by volume. In the first half of 2026 alone, Chinese shipments are expected to reach around 40,000 units.
Behind the brands already known to the general public, the ecosystem is expanding: electronic subcontractors such as Longcheer or Luxshare are positioning themselves on delegated design and manufacturing, a sign that humanoid robotics is leaving the prototype stage to enter an industrial logic of volume, with the supply chains that go with it.
The event, which brings together more than 300 exhibitors around industrial robotics, service robotics and embodied AI, opened a few days after Unitree's remarkable IPO in Shanghai — a sequence that illustrates the financing momentum currently benefiting the sector in China.
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