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Chinese firms outpace US rivals in 2025 humanoid robot shipments, as AgiBot takes lead
‘Chinese vendors are setting benchmarks in large-scale production,’ Omdia analyst Lian Jye Su says
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Shanghai-based AgiBot topped global humanoid robot shipments in 2025, with nearly a 38 per cent share, as China’s robotics firms dominated the market, leaving in the dust major US players like Elon Musk’s Tesla.
According to data released on Thursday by Omdia, AgiBot shipped 5,168 humanoid robots last year to lead five other Chinese companies in the research firm’s top 10 list.
Unitree Robotics, headquartered in Hangzhou, ranked second with 4,200 humanoids shipped last year, which accounted for 32 per cent of the market.
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Leju Robotics, Engine AI and Fourier Intelligence ranked fourth, fifth and sixth in 2025 shipments, according to Omdia.
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Shipments worldwide jumped nearly 480 per cent in 2025 to 13,318 units, according to Omdia. It projected the volume to reach 2.6 million units in 2035.
“Chinese vendors are setting benchmarks in large-scale production, as they have reached thousand-unit shipments in a short period, enabling the deployment of tens of thousands of robots annually,” Omdia analyst Lian Jye Su said in the report.
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