Chinese Firms Dominated Global Humanoid Robot Shipments in 2025
The G1 Humanoid from Unitree Robotics during the 2025 Nvidia GPU Technology Conference in San Jose, California on March 20.
Photographer: David Paul Morris/BloombergHumanoid robot makers in China accounted for the vast majority of the roughly 13,000 units shipped globally last year, far outstripping US companies like Tesla Inc. and Figure AI in sheer volume, according to research firm Omdia.
The Chinese startup Shanghai AgiBot Innovation Technology Co. shipped an estimated 5,168 robots last year, topping the list of humanoid producers, followed by Unitree Robotics and UBTech Robotics Corp. The industry’s global sales more than quintupled from 2024, according to Omdia’s figures.