By the time you finish reading this sentence, another humanoid robot will have rolled off a production line somewhere in China. That is not hyperbole.
On March 30, 2026, Shanghai-based Agibot announced it had produced its 10,000th humanoid robot – a milestone the company reached after scaling from 5,000 to 10,000 units in just three months. Meanwhile, rival UBTech plans to ramp up output to 5,000 units in 2026 and 10,000 in 2027.
The humanoid robot industry is no longer a futuristic fantasy. It is a mass-production reality unfolding right now – in Chinese factories, logistics centers, and increasingly, commercial spaces like the McDonald’s in Shanghai that recently began testing robot servers. [Read more…] about Why China’s new humanoid robot standards could change the industry