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Humanoid Robots Poised to Become a $14 Billion Industry Within a Decade

Published: Aug. 13, 2025 4:25 a.m. GMT+8

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Rev Lebaredian (center), vice president of Nvidia, Wang Xingxing (left), founder of Unitree, and Wang He (right), founder of Galbot, shared the stage for a discussion during the 2025 World Robot Conference

The market for humanoid robots could reach 100 billion yuan ($14 billion) within the next decade, rivaling the size of the global market for industrial robotic arms, according to a top industry executive.

Wang He, founder of Beijing Galbot Co. Ltd., gave the forecast during a panel at the 2025 World Robot Conference in Beijing, alongside executives from Nvidia Corp. and Chinese robotics maker Unitree Technology Co. Ltd. They discussed technologies and applications shaping the nascent humanoid robotics industry.

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The humanoid robot market could reach 100 billion yuan ($14 billion) in 10 years, matching current global industrial robotic arm sales, according to industry leaders at the 2025 World Robot Conference.
Key challenges include limited intelligence, data scarcity, and insufficient unified model architecture, with companies relying on synthetic data and simulation for training.
Industry experts expect rapid growth, especially in factories, and highlight China's advantages in AI research and manufacturing for large-scale deployment.

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Who’s Who

Beijing Galbot Co. Ltd.: Beijing Galbot Co. Ltd. is a company founded by Wang He. They specialize in humanoid robots, with their current models matching human material-handling capacity. Galbot aims to deploy dozens of these robots in factories for material handling and palletizing. They utilize Nvidia's simulation platform for training their robots.

Nvidia Corp.: Nvidia Corp. was represented by its vice president, Rev Lebaredian, on a panel at the 2025 World Robot Conference. Lebaredian discussed technologies shaping the humanoid robotics industry, emphasizing data availability as a major constraint and Nvidia's focus on automating synthetic data creation. Their simulation platform is used by companies like Galbot for training.

Unitree Technology Co. Ltd.: Unitree Technology Co. Ltd. is a Chinese robotics maker that began producing quadruped robots in 2016. In August 2023, they entered the humanoid robot sector with their first model. The founder, Wang Xingxing, believes that the humanoid form is structurally simpler and well-suited for professional robots.

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What Happened When

August 2023：: Unitree entered the humanoid robot sector with its first model.

2025：: Wang He, founder of Beijing Galbot Co. Ltd., gave a forecast on the humanoid robot market during the 2025 World Robot Conference in Beijing.