On February 11, 2025, Unitree Robotics launched two humanoid robots, the Unitree H1 and G1, online on JD.com, priced at 650,000 yuan and 99,000 yuan respectively. The H1 robot is 180 cm tall, weighs 47 kg, and possesses 360° panoramic depth perception capabilities. It previously performed Yangko dancing and handkerchief twirling on the Spring Festival Gala.
Unitree Robotics' humanoid robots launched online on JD.com, starting at 99,000 yuan, and sold out quickly.
According to data from Tianyancha Professional Edition in February 2025, there are currently over 821,000 robot-related companies in my country, with 53.47% of these companies established within the last 5-10 years. Looking at the trend of company registration numbers, the number of robot-related company registrations has been on the rise in recent years. Over 189,000 new companies were registered in 2024, a 24.02% increase compared to 2023. Since 2025, over 18,000 new related companies have been registered.
In March 2025, Eft held its first Intelligent Robot General Technology Base Developer Conference and 2025 Eft Partner Conference on February 28th, releasing its intelligent robot general technology base, RaaS (Robot as a Service) business model, and a new series of robot products equipped with the base, including high-performance SCARA robots, new medium-sized desktop robots, new medium-load robots, the high-load ER300 series robots, and the humanoid robots Yobot W1/R1.
On March 10th, the signing ceremony for the "Tianwen" robot R&D and production project was held in Xiaogan. In May, China's first intelligent inspection robot for freight railways was put into use in Cangzhou, Hebei. Also in May, a live-line connection robot was deployed for the first time at a power operation site in Miyang Street, Mile City, Yunnan Province. This robot weighs only 25 kg, has minimal impact on the load-bearing capacity of the conductors, and can be remotely controlled from the ground.
On July 13, 2025, according to a report on the website of the Spanish newspaper ABC, the conflict in Ukraine is undergoing unprecedented changes. In a mission entirely carried out by robotic forces, Russian combatants were captured for the first time without direct intervention from human infantry. Even the prisoners were transported by unmanned systems, eliminating the need for Ukrainian soldiers to set foot on the battlefield. This is an unprecedented milestone: a modern war in which machines capture prisoners of war.
On July 14, 2025, news broke that Shenzhen Metro Group and Vanke's "Rail Transit + Robot Delivery" project was undergoing testing, marking the world's first instance of robots autonomously using the subway to complete delivery services. On July 17, UBTECH announced that its new generation of industrial humanoid robots, Walker S2, features the world's first hot-swappable autonomous battery swapping system, enabling Walker S2 to operate 24/7.
In August 2025, a mechanical engineering research paper published online in *Nature Communications*, an academic journal under Springer Nature, reported that researchers had developed a programmable, flexible, foldable sheet robot capable of grasping objects and moving on their surfaces.
On January 29, 2026, the pilot-scale verification platform of the Beijing Humanoid Robot Innovation Center officially commenced operation, and the 1000th humanoid robot in Beijing rolled off the production line on-site.
Beijing Humanoid Robot Pilot-Scale Platform Launched: Capable of Annual Production of 5000 Units
On February 16, 2026, Lunar New Year's Eve, Unitree Robotics, as a robot partner of the Spring Festival Gala, collaborated with Henan Tagou Martial Arts School to present an upgraded version of last year's "Yang BOT," a martial arts performance called "Wu BOT." Within two hours of the Spring Festival Gala's broadcast (February 16, 20:00-22:00), JD.com's robot search volume increased by over 300% compared to the previous period, customer service inquiries increased by 460%, and order volume increased by 150%. New orders covered more than 100 cities nationwide, ranging from first-tier cities to counties of all sizes. On March 1, Honor's first humanoid robot, Honor ROBOT, made its debut at MWC 2026.