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According to reports, global shipments of commercial service robots will reach 454,000 units by 2030, with a market size of $3.17 billion.
Mars Finance reported on July 7th that the latest "Worldwide Delivery Robots Tracker" and "Worldwide Commercial Cleaning Robots Tracker" reports released by International Data Corporation (IDC) show that the global commercial service robot market continued its rapid growth in 2025. The market size reached $1.37 billion, a year-on-year increase of 35.7%; shipments totaled approximately 155,000 units, a year-on-year increase of 44.1%. IDC predicts that the global commercial service robot market will continue to grow rapidly from 2026 to 2030, with a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of approximately 15.1%. By 2030, global shipments of commercial service robots are expected to reach 454,000 units, with a market size of $3.17 billion. (Wide Angle Observation)
Hao Lishun, Ministry of Industry and Information Technology: Revenue of large-scale robot companies exceeded 90 billion yuan in the first five months of this year, with an average annual growth rate of over 20% in the past five years.
According to Mars Finance, at a press conference for the 2026 World Robot Conference, Hao Lishun, Deputy Director of the Equipment Industry Department of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, stated that from January to May this year, the operating revenue of my country's large-scale robot enterprises exceeded 90 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 26.9%, with an average annual growth rate of over 20% in the past five years. The supporting capabilities for key components have significantly improved, the intelligence level of complete robot products has continued to rise, and the layout in cutting-edge areas such as humanoid robots is accelerating. The technological foundation, including operating systems and simulation platforms, is being built at a faster pace. High-value application scenarios are constantly being enriched, cultivating more new human-machine collaborative positions. The industry's development is gradually shifting from competition based on single-product technology and market size to the integration of supply chain collaboration and development ecosystem. (Reporter Li Mingming, Science and Technology Innovation Board Daily)
Is the first humanoid robot company to go public on the A-share market coming? Unitree Robotics' IPO registration on the Science and Technology Innovation Board has been approved, with plans to raise 4.202 billion yuan.
According to Odaily Odaily on July 6, the Shanghai Stock Exchange website shows that the IPO application status of Unitree Technology Co., Ltd. on the Science and Technology Innovation Board has changed to "registration effective". It is reported that Unitree Robotics plans to issue no less than 40.4464 million new shares in its IPO, accounting for no less than 10% of the total share capital after the issuance, with a planned total fundraising amount of 4.202 billion yuan. According to the prospectus, from 2023 to 2025, the company's operating revenue was 159 million yuan, 393 million yuan, and 1.699 billion yuan, respectively, and its net profit was -11.1451 million yuan, 95.4747 million yuan, and 278 million yuan, respectively, making it one of the few profitable high-performance general-purpose robot companies globally. (Bianews)
Accelerating its global expansion, my country's robot exports reached nearly 20 billion yuan in the first five months of this year.
This year, my country's robot exports have continued to expand, with a constantly optimized product structure, injecting new momentum into the globalization of high-end manufacturing. According to customs statistics, in the first five months of this year, domestically produced robots accelerated their global expansion. A total of 10.377 million robots, listed separately, were exported, with a total export value of 19.99 billion yuan, reaching more than 150 countries and regions worldwide. The EU and ASEAN were the main export destinations. Looking at specific categories, my country's robot exports have formed a diversified matrix. Cleaning robots lead all categories, with exports reaching 14 billion yuan, accounting for more than 70% of the total robot export value. Relying on core technologies such as autonomous navigation, automatic dust collection, and intelligent wastewater recycling, domestically produced cleaning robots accurately match the diverse living environments overseas, demonstrating significant advantages. In the industrial application sector, approximately 70,000 domestically produced industrial robots were exported in the first five months, with overseas application scenarios continuing to expand. Handling robots equipped with visual recognition and intelligent algorithms are widely used in large-scale overseas infrastructure and transportation projects; welding robots with automatic scanning and modeling functions can calculate the optimal process solution in real time; and collaborative robots are playing a significant role in overseas food, pharmaceutical, and daily chemical light manufacturing industries. In cutting-edge emerging sectors, over 8,000 intelligent bionic robots have been exported, covering diverse scenarios such as equipment inspection, scientific research and teaching, and public services. Leveraging China's complete and comprehensive industrial chain, the export scale of domestically produced robots is steadily expanding. (CCTV News)
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