China accounted for more than 97% of global humanoid robot shipments of about 19,100 units in the first half of 2026, up from 5,100 a year earlier, research firm Smart Analytics Global said, as IPG Capital’s Andrew Young said the country’s lead rests on its manufacturing and electric-vehicle ecosystem, making it difficult for rivals to compete and smarter to build specialized applications on Chinese hardware than to replicate it.
The 2026 Inclusion Bund Summit closed on Friday after a four-day run in Shanghai’s Huangpu World Expo Park, showcasing AI’s accelerated shift from technological iteration to large-scale commercial implementation, industrial empowerment and inclusive public application. Bringing together more than 600 scholars, scientists, entrepreneurs and investors, alongside over 300 global tech exhibitors, the event consolidated industry consensus on AI-driven real economic growth amid evolving industrial and market landscapes. Hosted under the theme “Building the AI Economy Together”, the summit featured a 15,000-square-meter tech exhibition and a full lineup of industrial activities, including thematic forums, Developer Day, Innovators’ Stage, tech competitions, a venture capital meetup, a specialized job fair and the inaugural Inclusion AI Art Festival. Over 50 cutting-edge technologies, products and...
Robots on display at this year’s 2026 Inclusion · Conference on the Bund are not performing flashy stunts. Instead, Ant Lingbo Technology showcased practical deployments: autonomous medicine picking for pharmacies, logistics sorting and industrial loading tasks, highlighting a pivotal shift in the robotics industry. For years, the sector’s most eye-catching demos centred on dynamic robot movements. Yet rolling robots into pharmacies, warehouses and factories demands more than pre-programmed motions. Machines must interpret unstructured environments, understand tasks, adapt to unexpected changes and operate reliably around the clock — the core challenge Ant Lingbo aims to address with its natively embodied general AI brain. The centrepiece exhibit is a replica smart pharmacy, built in partnership with Shanghai Guoda Pharmacy and already live...
Westlake Robotics has closed its A1 round of financing after wrapping up Series A in August, with investors including Haiyuan Capital, Cuiwei Fund, Ginkgo Valley Capital, Westlake Sci-Tech Investment and Zhongshan Venture Capital, as fresh capital backs its technical roadmap and commercial prospects; proceeds from the combined Series A financing will be used to develop its WR1 general embodied foundational model, expand multi-scenario commercial deployment of embodied intelligence and build talent pool to strengthen its integrated foundation of technology, products and talent.
UBTech inaugurated its industrial humanoid robot super smart factory in Liuzhou, Guangxi, on Sept. 12, calling it the world’s first smart manufacturing benchmark plant for industrial humanoid robots with 10,000-unit-level capacity. The 14,000-square-meter factory mainly produces the Walker S series industrial humanoid robots and the Cruzr series embodied-intelligence industrial humanoid robots, and can roll out one unit every 10 minutes, with planned annual capacity of more than 10,000 units, the company said.
Unitree G1 is a compact humanoid robot. It stands 1.32 meters tall and weighs 35 kg. The base configuration features 23 degrees of freedom, depth vision and a 3D LiDAR. It delivers approximately 2 hours of battery life. It has demonstrated straight punches, hooks, kicks and impact recovery capabilities in its official boxing application. ⚠️ This information is compiled from publicly available online sources, for reference only.
TianGong Ultra is a high-performance humanoid robot developed by the Beijing Humanoid Robot Innovation Center. Standing 180 cm tall and weighing 55 kg, it is capable of traversing complex terrain, long-distance fast running and fully autonomous operation. In 2025, it won the Yizhuang Humanoid Robot Marathon in Beijing with a time of 2 hours and 40 minutes. ⚠️ This information is compiled from publicly available online sources, for reference only.
UBTECH U1 Pro is a full-size ultra-bionic humanoid robot. The male version measures 183 cm and weighs 42 kg, while the female version measures 168 cm and weighs 35.2 kg. It has 88 high-DOF motion joints and is built strictly to 1:1 human proportions. The male version is styled as a business elite wearing a tailored suit and gold-rimmed glasses. U1 has a built-in nurturing-style emotional large model, supports locally encrypted memory storage, and can continuously adjust its responses based on interaction habits with the user. With multi-dimensional appearance customization and IP collaborations, you can make it take on a completely different style and temperament. In terms of application scenarios, U1 can handle commercial services such as reception and guidance,...
NEO is a soft tendon-driven humanoid robot developed by 1X for household scenarios. It can autonomously handle household chores, engage in natural conversations and keep learning. Featuring a soft and safe body structure, 25-DoF dexterous hands and an onboard large language model, it supports vision, audio and memory capabilities. ⚠️ This information is compiled from publicly available online sources, for reference only.
Rex is a full-size wheeled semi-humanoid general-purpose manipulation robot launched by RoboScience, designed for supermarket/retail, logistics, industrial, and home scenarios, and associated with the Visics general-purpose embodied large model. ⚠️ This information is compiled from publicly available online sources, for reference only.
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