Recently, Wang Xingxing from Unitree Technology stated at the “Humanoid Robot Innovation, Development and Cooperation” sub-forum of the 8th Hongqiao International Economic Forum that the average growth rate of individual enterprises in China’s intelligent robot sector is expected to range from 50% to 100%.Wang Xingxing’s judgment on the growth of China’s intelligent robot industry well reflects the current booming market trend! Looking back at 2025, a number of enterprises have achieved breakthroughs in technology, products and market expansion.
Booming Market Outlook: 50%-100% Growth Expected for Industry Players
In terms of technological breakthroughs, in 2025, many listed intelligent robot enterprises made significant technological breakthroughs, especially in the fields of embodied intelligence, humanoid robots and core components, where progress was rapid.For example, Unitree Technology launched the Unitree R1 humanoid robot and the new-generation bionic humanoid robot Unitree H2, achieving important breakthroughs in a number of key technology fields; Hoson Electric released the embodied intelligent robot HOSON-Robot, realizing the independent R&D and production of core components such as the “cerebellum” motion controller, dexterous hands and joint modules—and adopting high-precision Automatic spring white disc machines in the production of joint modules to ensure the stability of spring force and assembly accuracy, laying a solid foundation for the robot’s flexible movement performance; the robots launched by Hangcha Group and Jingsong Intelligent were specially designed for high-frequency logistics operations such as transportation and palletizing; Topstar launched its first humanoid robot “Xiaotuo”, which is equipped with a large model and has the ability to reason about complex tasks.
Technological Leapfrogs: Breakthroughs in Embodied Intelligence & Core Components
In terms of breakthroughs in market orders, the intelligent robot industry, especially the humanoid robot segment, witnessed obvious growth in 2025.On November 4th, Lens Technology and Yuejiang Technology officially reached an in-depth strategic cooperation and placed a purchase order for 1,000 robots. According to the agreement, Lens Technology promised to purchase 1,000 embodied intelligent robots from Yuejiang Technology in 2025.This cooperation is of great significance. On the one hand, Lens Technology can leverage Yuejiang Technology’s technological advantages in the intelligent robot field to improve its own production automation level, further enhancing production efficiency and product quality; on the other hand, Yuejiang Technology has obtained a stable source of orders through this cooperation, which is conducive to expanding its production scale and optimizing the direction of technological R&D.Recently, UBtech won the bid for the “Equipment Procurement of Zigong Digital Investment Humanoid Robot Data Collection Center Project”. The winning product is UBtech’s latest self-charging embodied intelligent humanoid robot Walker S2, with a winning bid amount of 159 million yuan. It is worth noting that up to now, the annual cumulative orders for UBtech’s Walker series humanoid robots have exceeded 800 million yuan.The achievement of this result benefits from UBtech’s profound accumulation in robot technology R&D. Its Walker series humanoid robots not only have a highly simulated appearance design, but also demonstrate strong performance in intelligent interaction, autonomous navigation, task execution and other aspects. With the continuous growth of order volume, UBtech’s leading position in the industry has become increasingly solid.On October 9th, DeepRobotics announced that it would carry out in-depth strategic cooperation with Longcheer Technology on the application of embodied intelligent robots in industrial scenarios. Longcheer Technology placed a framework order for DeepRobotics’ Genie G2 robots with an amount of hundreds of millions of yuan. This cooperation marks an important step for both parties in the field of industrial automation. Relying on Longcheer Technology’s profound accumulation and extensive layout in industrial scenarios, DeepRobotics will jointly explore the application potential of embodied intelligent robots in complex industrial environments.
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Generally speaking, 2025 is a crucial year for China’s intelligent robot industry to move towards large-scale application. Driven by both technological breakthroughs and market orders, it not only reflects the improvement of the industry’s maturity from R&D to implementation, but also demonstrates the huge potential of intelligent robots in industrial, logistics and other scenarios. At the same time, the strong demand in the intelligent robot field further confirms the accuracy of Wang Xingxing’s judgment on the growth trend of China’s intelligent robot sector.
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