The 2026 China Home Appliances and Consumer Electronics Expo, held in Shanghai, was a remarkable showcase of China's cutting-edge advancements in AI-driven manufacturing, with a prominent display of intelligent robots. In 2025, the global shipment volume of humanoid robots soared to nearly 18,000 units, with China emerging as the primary market for their application. It is projected that by 2026, the range of application scenarios for these robots will expand to more than three times the current scope, with the market size nearing 9 billion yuan. Since February, there has been a staggering 25-fold surge in user searches for "robots," with humanoid robots capturing particular interest, witnessing an over hundredfold increase in user engagement. Simultaneously, page views for quadruped and exoskeleton robots have also seen a nearly tenfold rise, indicating a growing fascination with these advanced technologies.
