7,000 humanoid robots were sold worldwide in 2025

7,000 humanoid robots sold worldwide in 2025

Reuters, citing data from the International Federation of Robotics (IFR), reports that nearly 7,000 humanoid robots designed for industrial and professional services were sold worldwide in 2025.

According to IFR criteria, a humanoid robot is a robot with a human-like appearance that can operate autonomously in environments designed for humans. Having legs is not a requirement.

For now, sales of humanoid robots are much smaller than the size of the traditional robotics market. While nearly 542,000 industrial robots were sold worldwide in 2024, sales of service humanoid robots for transport, hospitality, and cleaning sectors amounted to nearly 199,000 units.

IFR General Secretary Susanne Bieller stated that most of the humanoid robots sold in 2025 were not used in manufacturing, but were purchased by research institutes and companies for data collection and improving artificial intelligence models.

Pilot projects have already been launched in car factories, which were among the first to introduce humanoid robots. According to Bieller, in some cases, enterprises are using several or dozens of such robots.

According to previous Reuters reports, Chinese regulators have begun restricting the stock market listing plans of humanoid robot manufacturers in order to reduce the hype around one of Beijing's priority technological sectors.

The increased oversight followed, in particular, a sharp rise and subsequent rapid decline in the shares of Unitree Robotics. In August, the shares surged more than fivefold, but later fell by 55 percent from their peak value.