The Shift: Can Perform → Can Work
CITIC Securities (June 23): "2026 is the breakout year for vertical humanoid applications." Robots are leaving demo halls and entering production lines — backed by policy, capital, and real purchase orders.
Source: 中信建投研报 / 新浪财经 2026.06.23Policy Force
Government role shifted from "subsidize makers" to "become the first customer" — procurement-driven standards, not grant-driven R&D.
MIIT + SASAC Joint Action
10,000+ units
Deployment target by end of 2026
100+ Use Cases
High-value
Application scenarios to be validated
Industry Standards in Draft
Substation Ops Tech Requirements
8-dimension specs
Home Appliance Mfg Evaluation
Framework + benchmarks
Capital Force
Kunlun Robotics
Multi-billion ¥
3 rounds, full-stack humanoid
Zhengxing Innovation
~$100M
Angel, commercial & industrial deployment
Wanjing Qianxun
¥1.5B
A+, embodied AI foundation model
Q1 Industry Total
¥200B+
Sector-wide financing in Q1 2026
Order Force
Financing = excitement. Orders = conviction. Here's who's actually paying:
Industrial Manufacturing — The Most Certain Buyer
UBTECH (H1 2026)
¥1B+ new orders
Airbus (Walker S2)
100 units
BYD + Geely + Audi + NIO
¥500M+ contracts
Zhiyuan Robotics
10,000th unit (Mar)
Unitree (global share)
32.4%
Jack Technology
2,000 units
Public Infrastructure — New Growth Engine
State Grid total order
¥6.8B
Quadruped inspection robots
5,000 units
Coverage scope
Power + emergency + logistics
Reality Check
"The core value is not replacing human labor — it's accumulating real-world training data. Fuel for foundation model iteration."
— BYD Executive VP Stella Li
Current Efficiency
30–40%
vs. human output in industrial settings
Why Still Buying?
Data
Every hour = training fuel for next-gen
What This Means for Your Business
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Standards Exist Now
Evaluate against defined specs, not just demos
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Real Deployments
Sustained operations, not pilot projects
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ROI Shifted
Value in data accumulation + high-repeat roles
At Robotmall, our catalog spans Humanoid, Service, Cleaning, Collaborative, Outdoor, and Specialized Robots — vetted for real business operations, backed by U.S. support via Robot.icu.