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IFR reports 7,000 full-size humanoids sold globally in 2025

Measured global marketSeptember 30, 2026

An earlier-generation Agility Digit humanoid at Web Summit. — An earlier-generation Agility Digit at Web Summit 2024. This full-size humanoid illustrates the global category discussed by IFR; the photograph does not establish inclusion in IFR’s 2025 sales count. Image: Web Summit · CC BY 2.0 · 2732 × 4096 · Downsampled where needed to 4K or larger, orientation normalized, and WebP optimized. No upscaling. Smaller card preview.

What happened

IFR's World Robotics 2026 service-robot release says global professional service-robot shipments rose 24% to almost 250,000 units. It also says most current humanoid applications remain specialized and often require human teleoperation, while safety standards, training and maintenance costs, and uncertain business cases continue to limit adoption.

Why it matters

The figure provides a global benchmark for evaluating large production and deployment claims from Chinese humanoid companies. IFR does not provide a China-only breakdown in this release, and a robot recorded as sold is not necessarily operating autonomously or delivering independently measured productivity.

Source checked October 31, 2026. Status describes the evidence in the linked source at the time of review.