China launched its first automated humanoid robot production line. The facility in Foshan has 24 digital assembly stages and 77 testing checkpoints. One robot every half hour. In 2026, Chinese companies will produce over 100,000 humanoid robots combined.
For context, roughly 16,000 humanoids were made worldwide in 2025, with China accounting for 90%. Meanwhile, Tesla, Figure AI, and Agility Robotics shipped a combined 450 robots throughout all of 2025. A tenfold increase in production in under a year.
By 2035, there will be by conservative estimates around 5–6 million robots on the planet. After 2035, the production curve goes exponential.
And by 2050, Earth will have roughly one billion humanoid robots — 10% of the projected human population.
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