AgiBot, a leading Chinese robotics firm, announced that its full product lineup, including the OmniHand dexterous end-effector and the Shangqing Juechen C5 commercial cleaning robot, is available on its e-commerce platform and on JD.com. This development came as China's humanoid robotics industry is accelerating its transition from demonstration to practical application, with major companies securing orders worth millions of yuan and launching new products to meet the growing market demand. An expert viewed it as a key step in the company's brand building and market expansion strategy, saying this step underscores AgiBot's confidence in the industry's potential, and will encourage more players to invest in research and development (R&D). Earlier this month, Zhiyuan Innovation (Shanghai) Technology signed a deal worth several million yuan with Miaoyang Fulim Precision Machining Co to deploy nearly 100 of its Expedition A2-W wheeled general-purpose robots in Fulim's factories. It marked China's first large-scale commercial contract for industrial embodied robots and the world's first significant deployment in smart manufacturing, marking a pivotal shift from technical validation to scalable commercial use. The Expedition A2-W, designed for flexible smart manufacturing, supports tasks such as palletizing, material handling and loading and unloading across various industrial settings.
“The increased orders reflect the growing maturity of China's humanoid robotics technology and the trend of commercial adoption. It also signals intensifying market competition, which will drive companies to sharpen their competitive edge,” Wang Peng, Associate Research Fellow at the Beijing Academy of Social Sciences, told the Global Times. This trend extends beyond AgiBot. On August 12, another robotics firm, SquareBot, announced it had received nearly 1,000 orders for its general-purpose robots, targeting industrial and public service applications. These units are already operational in factories owned by Dongfeng Liuzhou Motor and Jingneng Microelectronics, with plans for deployment at Shanghai Hongqiao Airport. On the same day, UBtech announced that its industrial humanoid robots are moving into regular deployment, with plans to deliver 500 this year to auto and 3C semiconductor clients, primarily in the auto sector, according to media reports.
These developments follow the close of the 2025 World Robot Conference on August 12, which featured the inaugural “E-Town Robot Consumer Festival.” The event, including a Robot World Expo and robot “4S stores,” recorded sales of 19,000 units worth more than CNY200 million. China's robotics market is set to grow at an annual rate of 23% to USD108 billion by 2028 from USD47 billion in 2024, solidifying the country's dominant position in the fast-developing sector, according to a research note by Morgan Stanley. Wang said that large-scale orders are boosting market confidence, driving faster industrial and commercial deployment. “Humanoid robots must find real-world applications to secure genuine orders,” he noted, as reported by the Global Times.
