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China's humanoid robot models exceed 400, surpassing half of global total
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20 July 2026
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Fusion42 · 20 July 2026 · Fusion42 review
China has deployed over 400 humanoid robot models—more than half the global total—and commands nearly 70% of quadruped robot sales. The country's embodied AI market is projected to reach 400 billion yuan by 2030, with potential to exceed 1 trillion yuan by 2035.
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◆ The Wire takeaway
If you're building robotics components—actuators, sensors, controllers—Chinese integrators now have half the world's deployed models and a 1 trillion yuan market within nine years. You're either selling into them or getting displaced by their vertical integration.
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Robotics · AI Frontier Models · humanoid-robots · embodied-ai · manufacturing-scale · china-dominance · robotics-market