Humanoid & robot atlas

Market evidence

Working robots, measured by the work they do.

Factory, service and home robots: how many are sold, what the biggest makers report, and how many warehouse, delivery and robot dogs are at work. Every figure links to its source.

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Research editionOct 12, 2026Every figure dated and sourcedHow to read the numbers

Start with the published figures

Each figure comes from a different publisher and counts something different, so they can’t be added up into one robot total. Read the note under each one.

Machines · Analyst estimate

24.12 million

Annual smart-vacuum shipments

2025 · units
Full year 2025 · Worldwide

Counts robots shipped by makers, not robots bought by households or still in use.

Source: IDC · published 2026-03-10
Source checked 2026-10-12

Machines · Analyst estimate

1.99 million

Annual mower shipments

All robotic lawn mowers · units
Full year 2025 · Worldwide

All robotic mowers. The 1.32 million wire-free mowers IDC also reports are part of this total, not extra.

Source: IDC · published 2026-03-10
Source checked 2026-10-12

How many service robots were sold in 2025?

Transport and logistics leads these professional service categories in IFR’s supplier survey.

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  • Supplier survey, not installed fleets, atlas models or a whole-market estimate.
  • Consumer and medical categories are separate. Category boundaries can overlap other market series.

Bars start at zero and share one scale. Where a source says “about” or “more than”, the bar is drawn at that number.

  • Transport and logistics

    Annual supplier-reported sales

    117,488units

    Supplier surveyCovers: Full year 2025WorldwideAs of

    Worldwide, sampled suppliers

    • Observed supplier survey, not an expanded whole-market census.
    Source
    • IFRPublished

  • Hospitality

    Annual supplier-reported sales

    55,941units

    Supplier surveyCovers: Full year 2025WorldwideAs of

    Worldwide, sampled suppliers

    • Observed supplier survey, not an expanded whole-market census.
    Source
    • IFRPublished

  • Professional cleaning

    Annual supplier-reported sales

    44,644units

    Supplier surveyCovers: Full year 2025WorldwideAs of

    Worldwide, sampled suppliers

    • Observed supplier survey, not an expanded whole-market census.
    Source
    • IFRPublished

  • Agriculture

    Annual supplier-reported sales

    17,141units

    Supplier surveyCovers: Full year 2025WorldwideAs of

    Worldwide, sampled suppliers

    • Observed supplier survey, not an expanded whole-market census.
    Source
    • IFRPublished

  • Inspection and maintenance

    Annual supplier-reported sales

    6,467units

    Supplier surveyCovers: Full year 2025WorldwideAs of

    Worldwide, sampled suppliers

    • Observed supplier survey, not an expanded whole-market census.
    Source
    • IFRPublished

  • IFR · professional service robots (all applications)

    Annual supplier-reported sales

    Nearly 250,000units

    Supplier surveyCovers: Full year 2025WorldwideAs of

    Professional service robots excluding medical robots, including AMRs, sold in 2025 by IFR's sampled suppliers. The five category rows plus 'others' (7,887) on IFR's graphic add up to 249,568.

    • Based on 238 of 1,001 known producers; IFR says the data is not projected to the whole industry.
    Source

  • IFR · medical robots

    Annual supplier-reported sales

    About 15,300units

    Supplier surveyCovers: Full year 2025WorldwideAs of

    New medical robots (surgical robots, exoskeletons, rehabilitation, laboratory and other medical) sold in 2025, IFR sample; surgical robots 8,400 of these.

    • Supplier sample (238 of 1,001 producers), not projected to the whole industry.
    Source
Source: IFR (); International Federation of Robotics (); International Federation of Robotics () · Compilation as of . Inspect data contains full source titles, access dates, limitations and related atlas records.
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Evidence rows for “How many service robots were sold in 2025?”. The values and definitions match the chart and CSV.
ObservationValue and periodSource and scope
Transport and logisticsAnnual supplier-reported salesifr-transport-sales-2025117,488 units
Supplier surveyAs publishedCovers: Full year 2025WorldwideChecked

Worldwide, sampled suppliers

  • Observed supplier survey, not an expanded whole-market census.
  • Categories are not a published humanoid-excluded series. Do not add humanoid or overlapping warehouse totals.
HospitalityAnnual supplier-reported salesifr-hospitality-sales-202555,941 units
Supplier surveyAs publishedCovers: Full year 2025WorldwideChecked

Worldwide, sampled suppliers

  • Observed supplier survey, not an expanded whole-market census.
  • Categories are not a published humanoid-excluded series. Do not add humanoid or overlapping warehouse totals.
Professional cleaningAnnual supplier-reported salesifr-cleaning-sales-202544,644 units
Supplier surveyAs publishedCovers: Full year 2025WorldwideChecked

Worldwide, sampled suppliers

  • Observed supplier survey, not an expanded whole-market census.
  • Categories are not a published humanoid-excluded series. Do not add humanoid or overlapping warehouse totals.
AgricultureAnnual supplier-reported salesifr-agriculture-sales-202517,141 units
Supplier surveyAs publishedCovers: Full year 2025WorldwideChecked

Worldwide, sampled suppliers

  • Observed supplier survey, not an expanded whole-market census.
  • Categories are not a published humanoid-excluded series. Do not add humanoid or overlapping warehouse totals.
Inspection and maintenanceAnnual supplier-reported salesifr-inspection-sales-20256,467 units
Supplier surveyAs publishedCovers: Full year 2025WorldwideChecked

Worldwide, sampled suppliers

  • Observed supplier survey, not an expanded whole-market census.
  • Categories are not a published humanoid-excluded series. Do not add humanoid or overlapping warehouse totals.
IFR · professional service robots (all applications)Annual supplier-reported salesifr-professional-service-sales-2025Nearly 250,000 units
Supplier surveyNearlyCovers: Full year 2025WorldwideChecked

Professional service robots excluding medical robots, including AMRs, sold in 2025 by IFR's sampled suppliers. The five category rows plus 'others' (7,887) on IFR's graphic add up to 249,568.

  • Based on 238 of 1,001 known producers; IFR says the data is not projected to the whole industry.
  • Excludes medical robots and consumer robots.
  • IFR advises against comparing survey waves because the sample changes each year.
IFR · medical robotsAnnual supplier-reported salesifr-medical-robot-sales-2025About 15,300 units
Supplier surveyApproximateCovers: Full year 2025WorldwideChecked

New medical robots (surgical robots, exoskeletons, rehabilitation, laboratory and other medical) sold in 2025, IFR sample; surgical robots 8,400 of these.

  • Supplier sample (238 of 1,001 producers), not projected to the whole industry.
  • The press release gives only the surgical sub-count (8,400); the 15,300 total is from IFR's press-conference slides.
Methods and limitations

Categories from one World Robotics 2026 edition. Exact chart values are retained; changing supplier panels prevent a like-for-like line across editions.

  • Supplier survey, not installed fleets, atlas models or a whole-market estimate.
  • Consumer and medical categories are separate. Category boundaries can overlap other market series.

The research edition is . Publication dates, measurement periods and research review dates describe different events. Missing observations are not zero. Catalogue counts describe documented records, including historical entries, rather than robots operating or sold.

Bars start at zero and share one scale. Where a source says “about” or “more than”, the bar is drawn at that number. A source filter changes the visible rows, table, download and citation together; it keeps the original chart scale.

What this means: Robots that move goods lead professional service robot sales, at about 117,000 in 2025, far ahead of humanoids.

Warehouse robots

How many robot vacuums shipped in 2025?

IDC reports 24.12 million worldwide smart-vacuum shipments in 2025. Earlier published observations provide context without filling missing years.

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  • No households, active fleet, market-wide cleaning-robot total or retail transactions are inferred.
  • The home-robot atlas includes products outside IDC’s vacuum definition.

Each row keeps its own unit, so the rows are not drawn to one scale.

  • 2023

    Annual smart-vacuum shipments

    18.5 millionunits

    Analyst estimateCovers: Full year 2023WorldwideAs of

    Worldwide, household robotic vacuums

    • Worldwide smart-vacuum shipment estimate, not retail sell-through, households or operating stock.
    Source

  • 2025

    Annual smart-vacuum shipments

    24.12 millionunits

    Analyst estimateCovers: Full year 2025WorldwideAs of

    Worldwide, smart vacuums

    • Worldwide smart-vacuum shipment estimate, not retail sell-through, households or operating stock.
    Source
    • IDCPublished

  • Q1 2026

    Quarterly smart-vacuum shipments

    6.563 millionunits

    Analyst estimateCovers: Q1 2026WorldwideAs of

    Worldwide robot vacuums (IDC smart vacuum tracker)

    • One quarter only; do not add to Q2 to make a half-year on the page.
    Source

  • Q2 2026

    Quarterly smart-vacuum shipments

    7.885 millionunits

    Analyst estimateCovers: Q2 2026WorldwideAs of

    Worldwide robot vacuums (IDC smart vacuum tracker)

    • One quarter only; not comparable with the full-year rows.
    Source
Source: IDC via Business Wire (); IDC (); IDC (blog, IDC China) (); IDC (blog, IDC China) () · Compilation as of . Inspect data contains full source titles, access dates, limitations and related atlas records.
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ObservationValue and periodSource and scope
2023Annual smart-vacuum shipmentsidc-vacuum-shipments-202318.5 million units
Analyst estimateAs publishedCovers: Full year 2023WorldwideChecked

Worldwide, household robotic vacuums

  • Worldwide smart-vacuum shipment estimate, not retail sell-through, households or operating stock.
  • The intervening year is unplotted; no interpolation or derived growth is shown.
  • IDC measured 2023 with a different tracker from its 2025 figure, so the two years may not count exactly the same robots.
2025Annual smart-vacuum shipmentsidc-vacuum-shipments-202524.12 million units
Analyst estimateAs publishedCovers: Full year 2025WorldwideChecked

Worldwide, smart vacuums

  • Worldwide smart-vacuum shipment estimate, not retail sell-through, households or operating stock.
  • The intervening year is unplotted; no interpolation or derived growth is shown.
Q1 2026Quarterly smart-vacuum shipmentsidc-vacuum-shipments-2026q16.563 million units
Analyst estimateAs publishedCovers: Q1 2026WorldwideChecked

Worldwide robot vacuums (IDC smart vacuum tracker)

  • One quarter only; do not add to Q2 to make a half-year on the page.
  • Shipments, not retail sales.
  • Published in Chinese on IDC's own site.
Q2 2026Quarterly smart-vacuum shipmentsidc-vacuum-shipments-2026q27.885 million units
Analyst estimateAs publishedCovers: Q2 2026WorldwideChecked

Worldwide robot vacuums (IDC smart vacuum tracker)

  • One quarter only; not comparable with the full-year rows.
  • Shipments into the channel, not retail sales or households.
  • Published in Chinese on IDC's own site.
Methods and limitations

Selected observed years from IDC public releases; retain each publication date and the worldwide smart-vacuum scope.

  • No households, active fleet, market-wide cleaning-robot total or retail transactions are inferred.
  • The home-robot atlas includes products outside IDC’s vacuum definition.

The research edition is . Publication dates, measurement periods and research review dates describe different events. Missing observations are not zero. Catalogue counts describe documented records, including historical entries, rather than robots operating or sold.

Each row keeps its own unit, so the rows are not drawn to one scale. A source filter changes the visible rows, table, download and citation together; it keeps the original chart scale.

What this means: Robot vacuums are the one robot sold by the tens of millions: the closest thing to a mass-market robot today.

Home robots

How many robotic lawn mowers shipped in 2025?

IDC reports 1.99 million mower shipments, including a 1.32 million wire-free subset.

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  • These rows overlap. They must not be summed.

Each row keeps its own unit, so the rows are not drawn to one scale.

  • All robotic lawn mowers

    Annual mower shipments

    1.99 millionunits

    Analyst estimateCovers: Full year 2025WorldwideAs of

    Worldwide, all wire types

    • Wire-free mowers are a subset of all mowers; do not add these rows.
    Source
    • IDCPublished

  • Wire-free mowers · subset

    Annual mower shipments

    1.32 millionunits

    Analyst estimateCovers: Full year 2025WorldwideAs of

    Worldwide, mower subset

    • Wire-free mowers are a subset of all mowers; do not add these rows.
    Source
    • IDCPublished

  • Q2 2026

    Quarterly robotic-mower shipments

    939,000units

    Analyst estimateCovers: Q2 2026WorldwideAs of

    All robotic lawn mowers (wire-free were 84.2% of the quarter)

    • Q2 is peak mowing season; a single quarter does not indicate a full year.
    Source
Source: IDC (); IDC (blog, IDC China) () · Compilation as of . Inspect data contains full source titles, access dates, limitations and related atlas records.
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ObservationValue and periodSource and scope
All robotic lawn mowersAnnual mower shipmentsidc-mower-shipments-20251.99 million units
Analyst estimateAs publishedCovers: Full year 2025WorldwideChecked

Worldwide, all wire types

  • Wire-free mowers are a subset of all mowers; do not add these rows.
  • Annual units shipped, not households or an active installed fleet.
Wire-free mowers · subsetAnnual mower shipmentsidc-wirefree-mower-shipments-20251.32 million units
Analyst estimateAs publishedCovers: Full year 2025WorldwideChecked

Worldwide, mower subset

  • Wire-free mowers are a subset of all mowers; do not add these rows.
  • Annual units shipped, not households or an active installed fleet.
Q2 2026Quarterly robotic-mower shipmentsidc-mower-shipments-2026q2939,000 units
Analyst estimateAs publishedCovers: Q2 2026WorldwideChecked

All robotic lawn mowers (wire-free were 84.2% of the quarter)

  • Q2 is peak mowing season; a single quarter does not indicate a full year.
  • IDC gave no Q1 2026 unit count (growth rate only).
Methods and limitations

Same publisher, period and worldwide product scope; the subset is explicitly contained in the total.

  • These rows overlap. They must not be summed.

The research edition is . Publication dates, measurement periods and research review dates describe different events. Missing observations are not zero. Catalogue counts describe documented records, including historical entries, rather than robots operating or sold.

Each row keeps its own unit, so the rows are not drawn to one scale. A source filter changes the visible rows, table, download and citation together; it keeps the original chart scale.

What this means: Wire-free mowers that map the yard themselves now make up most robotic mowers sold.

Robot mowers

What do the biggest home-robot makers report?

Company filings show the scale: Roborock sold 5,618,978 robot vacuums in 2025, and Segway-Ninebot sold 338,906 robotic mowers.

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  • Company totals overlap with the IDC and IFR market totals.
  • Ecovacs’ count mixes vacuums, window robots and mowers.
  • iRobot stopped filing with the SEC in January 2026.

Each row keeps its own unit, so the rows are not drawn to one scale.

  • Roborock

    Robot vacuums sold (company)

    5,618,978units

    Company filingCovers: Full year 2025WorldwideAs of

    Units of 'smart robot vacuums' (智能扫地机) sold by Roborock in 2025, from the production-and-sales table

    • One company only.
    Source

  • Ecovacs

    Ecovacs-brand service robots sold (company)

    4,476,901units

    Company filingCovers: Full year 2025WorldwideAs of

    Ecovacs 'service robots' (服务机器人): DEEBOT robot vacuums, WINBOT window robots, GOAT robotic mowers and other home robots

    • Mixes vacuums, window robots and mowers; not a vacuum-only count.
    Source

  • iRobot

    Robot units shipped (company)

    2.463 millionunits

    Company filingCovers: Full year 2024WorldwideAs of

    Total iRobot robot units shipped (mainly Roomba vacuums and Braava mops), fiscal year ended 2024-12-28

    • Fiscal year ends late December.
    Source

  • iRobot

    Robot units shipped (company)

    1.481 millionunits

    Company filingCovers: First nine months 2025WorldwideAs of

    Total iRobot robot units shipped, nine months ended 2025-09-27

    • Nine months only; last figure filed before iRobot's December 2025 Chapter 11 sale and January 2026 SEC deregistration (Form 15).
    Source

  • Segway-Ninebot (Navimow)

    Service robots sold (company)

    338,906units

    Company filingCovers: Full year 2025WorldwideAs of

    Ninebot 'service robots' (服务机器人), which the report describes as its Navimow robotic lawn mowers

    • Segment label is 'service robots'; the 2025 report describes this business as robotic mowers.
    Source

  • Segway-Ninebot (Navimow)

    Cumulative robotic mowers produced (company)

    1 millionmowers made (cumulative)

    Company filingCovers: Cumulative to 24 April 2026WorldwideAs of

    The one-millionth robotic mower rolled off Ninebot's Changzhou production line

    • Cumulative production milestone, not sales or units in use.
    Source

  • IFR · consumer service robots

    Annual supplier-reported sales

    Nearly 34.2 millionunits

    Supplier surveyCovers: Full year 2025WorldwideAs of

    Consumer service robots (mainly domestic robots such as robot vacuums, plus lawn, pool and window cleaners, social and education robots) sold in 2025 by IFR's sampled suppliers.

    • Supplier sample, not projected to the whole industry.
    Source

  • All home cleaning robots

    Annual home cleaning-robot shipments

    32.72 millionunits

    Analyst estimateCovers: Full year 2025WorldwideAs of

    Vacuum, lawn-mower, window-cleaning and pool-cleaning robots combined (IDC cleaning robot trackers)

    • Includes the vacuum and mower rows; do not add them to this total.
    Source
Source: Roborock via SSE / CNInfo (); Ecovacs via SSE / CNInfo (); iRobot via SEC EDGAR (); iRobot via SEC EDGAR (); Segway-Ninebot via SSE / CNInfo (); Segway-Ninebot via SSE / CNInfo (); International Federation of Robotics (); IDC (blog) () · Compilation as of . Inspect data contains full source titles, access dates, limitations and related atlas records.
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ObservationValue and periodSource and scope
RoborockRobot vacuums sold (company)roborock-vacuum-units-20255,618,978 units
Company filingAs publishedCovers: Full year 2025WorldwideChecked

Units of 'smart robot vacuums' (智能扫地机) sold by Roborock in 2025, from the production-and-sales table

  • One company only.
  • Units sold, not shipped by the market; wet-dry vacuums and other appliances (2,168,957 units) are excluded.
EcovacsEcovacs-brand service robots sold (company)ecovacs-service-robot-units-20254,476,901 units
Company filingAs publishedCovers: Full year 2025WorldwideChecked

Ecovacs 'service robots' (服务机器人): DEEBOT robot vacuums, WINBOT window robots, GOAT robotic mowers and other home robots

  • Mixes vacuums, window robots and mowers; not a vacuum-only count.
  • Excludes Tineco floor washers (counted as 'smart life appliances').
iRobotRobot units shipped (company)irobot-units-20242.463 million units
Company filingAs publishedCovers: Full year 2024WorldwideChecked

Total iRobot robot units shipped (mainly Roomba vacuums and Braava mops), fiscal year ended 2024-12-28

  • Fiscal year ends late December.
  • iRobot deregistered from SEC reporting in January 2026, so no full-year 2025 figure was filed.
iRobotRobot units shipped (company)irobot-units-9m-20251.481 million units
Company filingAs publishedCovers: First nine months 2025WorldwideChecked

Total iRobot robot units shipped, nine months ended 2025-09-27

  • Nine months only; last figure filed before iRobot's December 2025 Chapter 11 sale and January 2026 SEC deregistration (Form 15).
  • Q3 2025 alone: 555,000.
Segway-Ninebot (Navimow)Service robots sold (company)ninebot-service-robot-units-2025338,906 units
Company filingAs publishedCovers: Full year 2025WorldwideChecked

Ninebot 'service robots' (服务机器人), which the report describes as its Navimow robotic lawn mowers

  • Segment label is 'service robots'; the 2025 report describes this business as robotic mowers.
  • Units sold, not shipped by the market.
Segway-Ninebot (Navimow)Cumulative robotic mowers produced (company)ninebot-mower-millionth-20261 million mowers made (cumulative)
Company filingAs publishedCovers: Cumulative to 24 April 2026WorldwideChecked

The one-millionth robotic mower rolled off Ninebot's Changzhou production line

  • Cumulative production milestone, not sales or units in use.
IFR · consumer service robotsAnnual supplier-reported salesifr-consumer-service-sales-2025Nearly 34.2 million units
Supplier surveyNearlyCovers: Full year 2025WorldwideChecked

Consumer service robots (mainly domestic robots such as robot vacuums, plus lawn, pool and window cleaners, social and education robots) sold in 2025 by IFR's sampled suppliers.

  • Supplier sample, not projected to the whole industry.
  • Overlaps with IDC's robot vacuum and mower shipment rows. Do not add them together.
All home cleaning robotsAnnual home cleaning-robot shipmentsidc-cleaning-robot-shipments-202532.72 million units
Analyst estimateAs publishedCovers: Full year 2025WorldwideChecked

Vacuum, lawn-mower, window-cleaning and pool-cleaning robots combined (IDC cleaning robot trackers)

  • Includes the vacuum and mower rows; do not add them to this total.
  • Shipments, not households.
Methods and limitations

Units from each maker’s annual report or filing, plus IFR’s and IDC’s market totals for context. Never added together.

  • Company totals overlap with the IDC and IFR market totals.
  • Ecovacs’ count mixes vacuums, window robots and mowers.
  • iRobot stopped filing with the SEC in January 2026.

The research edition is . Publication dates, measurement periods and research review dates describe different events. Missing observations are not zero. Catalogue counts describe documented records, including historical entries, rather than robots operating or sold.

Each row keeps its own unit, so the rows are not drawn to one scale. A source filter changes the visible rows, table, download and citation together; it keeps the original chart scale.

What this means: Roborock and Ecovacs each sold millions of home robots in 2025.

Home robots

How many robot dogs are sold?

Robot dogs now sell in the tens of thousands a year. Unitree alone sold 23,037 in 2025, according to its prospectus.

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  • IDC and SAG count differently; don’t compare their totals directly.

Each row keeps its own unit, so the rows are not drawn to one scale.

  • Unitree

    Quadruped robots sold (revenue recognized)

    23,037units

    Company filingCovers: Full year 2025WorldwideAs of

    Unitree quadruped robots with revenue recognized in 2025 (production 26,032); average price RMB30,300 per unit; 2024: 7,136 units

    • Unitree only.
    Source

  • Quadruped robots

    Annual quadruped-robot shipments

    About 58,000units

    Analyst estimateCovers: Full year 2025WorldwideAs of

    Legged four-legged robots, all uses (consumer, education/research, industry, government)

    • About 60% of units go to education/research and consumers (IDC, 1H26).
    Source

  • Quadruped robots

    Half-year quadruped-robot shipments

    More than 49,000units

    Analyst estimateCovers: First half 2026WorldwideAs of

    Legged four-legged robots, all uses

    • Half-year figure; do not compare directly with the full-year 2025 row.
    Source

  • SAG · quadruped robots

    Half-year shipments

    About 26,000units

    Analyst estimateCovers: H1 2026 · January–JuneWorldwideAs of

    Quadruped robots, consumer and industrial/professional. Excludes toy robots, dedicated companion robots without general-purpose capability, and purely wheeled robots. Up from 14.8K in H1 2025.

    • Covers January–June only. Do not annualize.
    Source
Source: Unitree Robotics / CNInfo (SSE filing) (); IDC (blog, IDC China) (); IDC (blog, IDC China) (); Smart Analytics Global (SAG) () · Compilation as of . Inspect data contains full source titles, access dates, limitations and related atlas records.
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ObservationValue and periodSource and scope
UnitreeQuadruped robots sold (revenue recognized)unitree-quadruped-units-sold-202523,037 units
Company filingAs publishedCovers: Full year 2025WorldwideChecked

Unitree quadruped robots with revenue recognized in 2025 (production 26,032); average price RMB30,300 per unit; 2024: 7,136 units

  • Unitree only.
  • Many consumer units sent to JD.com warehouses were shipped but not yet settled at year end, so sales lag production.
Quadruped robotsAnnual quadruped-robot shipmentsidc-quadruped-shipments-2025About 58,000 units
Analyst estimateApproximateCovers: Full year 2025WorldwideChecked

Legged four-legged robots, all uses (consumer, education/research, industry, government)

  • About 60% of units go to education/research and consumers (IDC, 1H26).
  • Shipments, not an operating fleet.
Quadruped robotsHalf-year quadruped-robot shipmentsidc-quadruped-shipments-2026h1More than 49,000 units
Analyst estimateMore thanCovers: First half 2026WorldwideChecked

Legged four-legged robots, all uses

  • Half-year figure; do not compare directly with the full-year 2025 row.
  • Industry uses (non-consumer, non-education) were over 19,000 units deployed in 1H26.
SAG · quadruped robotsHalf-year shipmentssag-quadruped-shipments-h1-2026About 26,000 units
Analyst estimateApproximateCovers: H1 2026 · January–JuneWorldwideChecked

Quadruped robots, consumer and industrial/professional. Excludes toy robots, dedicated companion robots without general-purpose capability, and purely wheeled robots. Up from 14.8K in H1 2025.

  • Covers January–June only. Do not annualize.
  • Different product class from SAG's humanoid count. Do not add them together.
Methods and limitations

One maker’s filing plus two research firms’ estimates, each with its own definition. Not added together.

  • IDC and SAG count differently; don’t compare their totals directly.

The research edition is . Publication dates, measurement periods and research review dates describe different events. Missing observations are not zero. Catalogue counts describe documented records, including historical entries, rather than robots operating or sold.

Each row keeps its own unit, so the rows are not drawn to one scale. A source filter changes the visible rows, table, download and citation together; it keeps the original chart scale.

What this means: IDC counts about 58,000 robot dogs shipped in 2025, roughly three times its humanoid count.

Robot dogs

How big is the warehouse robot market?

Interact Analysis reports more than 200,000 material-handling AMR and AGV shipments in 2025; this is narrower than all warehouse automation.

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  • No numerical AMR/AGV split is established here.
  • Fixed picking arms, AS/RS equipment and robotaxi fleets are not included in this shipment measure.

Bars start at zero and share one scale. Where a source says “about” or “more than”, the bar is drawn at that number.

  • 2018

    Annual material-handling mobile-robot shipments

    About 30,000units

    Analyst estimateCovers: Full year 2018WorldwideAs of

    Worldwide AMR and AGV annual shipments

    • Includes AMRs and AGVs in manufacturing and logistics, not all warehouse automation.
    Source

  • 2025

    Annual material-handling mobile-robot shipments

    More than 200,000units

    Analyst estimateCovers: Full year 2025WorldwideAs of

    Worldwide AMR and AGV annual shipments

    • Includes AMRs and AGVs in manufacturing and logistics, not all warehouse automation.
    Source
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ObservationValue and periodSource and scope
2018Annual material-handling mobile-robot shipmentswarehouse-shipments-2018About 30,000 units
Analyst estimateApproximateCovers: Full year 2018WorldwideChecked

Worldwide AMR and AGV annual shipments

  • Includes AMRs and AGVs in manufacturing and logistics, not all warehouse automation.
  • Overlaps IFR transport/logistics; do not add the market totals.
  • This July 2026 publication vintage is kept separate from older estimates that underwent a methodological revision.
2025Annual material-handling mobile-robot shipmentswarehouse-shipments-2025More than 200,000 units
Analyst estimateMore thanCovers: Full year 2025WorldwideChecked

Worldwide AMR and AGV annual shipments

  • Includes AMRs and AGVs in manufacturing and logistics, not all warehouse automation.
  • Overlaps IFR transport/logistics; do not add the market totals.
  • This July 2026 publication vintage is kept separate from older estimates that underwent a methodological revision.
Methods and limitations

Use the selected historical observations from one publication vintage; omit its future forecast from observed shipments.

  • No numerical AMR/AGV split is established here.
  • Fixed picking arms, AS/RS equipment and robotaxi fleets are not included in this shipment measure.

The research edition is . Publication dates, measurement periods and research review dates describe different events. Missing observations are not zero. Catalogue counts describe documented records, including historical entries, rather than robots operating or sold.

Bars start at zero and share one scale. Where a source says “about” or “more than”, the bar is drawn at that number. A source filter changes the visible rows, table, download and citation together; it keeps the original chart scale.

What this means: Warehouse mobile robots went from tens of thousands a year to hundreds of thousands in seven years.

Warehouse robots

How many warehouse robots are working?

Amazon says it has deployed more than 1 million robots; AutoStore counts about 92,500 robots in its systems and Geek+ more than 81,000 shipped.

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  • Cumulative deployments are not robots working today.
  • Symbotic and Ocado count whole warehouse systems, not robots.

Each row keeps its own unit, so the rows are not drawn to one scale.

  • Amazon

    Robots deployed in operations (company)

    More than 1 millionrobots

    Company reportedCovers: Cumulative to 1 July 2025WorldwideAs of

    Robots deployed across Amazon's operations network since 2012 (mobile drive units, robotic arms, sortation and other robots)

    • Deployed since 2012; Amazon does not say how many are operating today.
    Source

  • AutoStore

    Robots in installed base and backlog (company)

    About 92,500robots

    Company reportedCovers: As of 30 June 2026Worldwide (68 countries)As of

    AutoStore cube-storage robots; footnote says the count includes installed base and backlog. Same slide: about 2,000 systems

    • Includes robots in order backlog, not only installed robots.
    Source

  • Geek+

    Cumulative robots shipped (company)

    More than 81,000robots

    Company filingCovers: Cumulative to 30 June 2026Worldwide (40+ countries and regions)As of

    Warehouse robots (AMRs, shelf/tote-to-person, sorting) shipped by Geek+ since founding

    • Cumulative shipments, not robots in operation.
    Source

  • Geek+

    Annual revenue (company)

    About RMB3,171.0 millionRMB

    Company filingCovers: Full year 2025WorldwideAs of

    Total Geek+ revenue (mostly sales of warehouse robotics solutions)

    • Currency is RMB; revenue, not units.
    Source

  • Symbotic

    Operational warehouse systems (company)

    56systems

    Company filingCovers: Fiscal Q3 2026 (quarter ended 27 June 2026)North America (mainly US)As of

    Operational Symbotic systems under software maintenance and support contracts; 77 further systems were in deployment

    • Counts whole warehouse systems, each with many robots; not a robot count.
    Source

  • Ocado

    Customer fulfilment centres live (company)

    23sites

    Company filingCovers: Half year to 31 May 2026WorldwideAs of

    Ocado Smart Platform robotic grocery warehouses (CFCs) worldwide; 115 average live modules in the half

    • Counts sites, not robots; Ocado does not state a bot count.
    Source
Source: Amazon (About Amazon) (); AutoStore (via Cision) (); Geekplus Technology via HKEXnews (); Geekplus Technology via HKEXnews (); Symbotic via SEC EDGAR (); Ocado Group () · Compilation as of . Inspect data contains full source titles, access dates, limitations and related atlas records.
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Evidence rows for “How many warehouse robots are working?”. The values and definitions match the chart and CSV.
ObservationValue and periodSource and scope
AmazonRobots deployed in operations (company)amazon-robots-deployed-2025More than 1 million robots
Company reportedMore thanCovers: Cumulative to 1 July 2025WorldwideChecked

Robots deployed across Amazon's operations network since 2012 (mobile drive units, robotic arms, sortation and other robots)

  • Deployed since 2012; Amazon does not say how many are operating today.
  • Company statement, not a filing.
AutoStoreRobots in installed base and backlog (company)autostore-robots-2026q2About 92,500 robots
Company reportedApproximateCovers: As of 30 June 2026Worldwide (68 countries)Checked

AutoStore cube-storage robots; footnote says the count includes installed base and backlog. Same slide: about 2,000 systems

  • Includes robots in order backlog, not only installed robots.
  • Investor presentation, not audited.
Geek+Cumulative robots shipped (company)geekplus-robots-cumulative-2026h1More than 81,000 robots
Company filingMore thanCovers: Cumulative to 30 June 2026Worldwide (40+ countries and regions)Checked

Warehouse robots (AMRs, shelf/tote-to-person, sorting) shipped by Geek+ since founding

  • Cumulative shipments, not robots in operation.
  • Up from more than 72,000 at end-2025 (2025 annual results).
Geek+Annual revenue (company)geekplus-revenue-2025About RMB3,171.0 million RMB
Company filingApproximateCovers: Full year 2025WorldwideChecked

Total Geek+ revenue (mostly sales of warehouse robotics solutions)

  • Currency is RMB; revenue, not units.
  • H1 2026 revenue was about RMB 1,283.9 million (interim results, p. 7); do not add.
SymboticOperational warehouse systems (company)symbotic-operational-systems-2026q356 systems
Company filingAs publishedCovers: Fiscal Q3 2026 (quarter ended 27 June 2026)North America (mainly US)Checked

Operational Symbotic systems under software maintenance and support contracts; 77 further systems were in deployment

  • Counts whole warehouse systems, each with many robots; not a robot count.
  • Do not add 56 and 77: one is live, the other under construction.
OcadoCustomer fulfilment centres live (company)ocado-cfcs-2026h123 sites
Company filingAs publishedCovers: Half year to 31 May 2026WorldwideChecked

Ocado Smart Platform robotic grocery warehouses (CFCs) worldwide; 115 average live modules in the half

  • Counts sites, not robots; Ocado does not state a bot count.
  • Kroger and Sobeys closures removed 12 modules in early 2026.
Methods and limitations

Company statements and filings. Robots, whole systems and warehouses are different units, so the rows are not drawn to one scale.

  • Cumulative deployments are not robots working today.
  • Symbotic and Ocado count whole warehouse systems, not robots.

The research edition is . Publication dates, measurement periods and research review dates describe different events. Missing observations are not zero. Catalogue counts describe documented records, including historical entries, rather than robots operating or sold.

Each row keeps its own unit, so the rows are not drawn to one scale. A source filter changes the visible rows, table, download and citation together; it keeps the original chart scale.

What this means: Warehouses are where robots already work at scale: Amazon alone says it has deployed more than a million.

Warehouse robots

How many delivery and service robots are in use?

Pudu and Keenon have each shipped more than 100,000 service robots; Starship has made more than 10 million sidewalk deliveries.

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  • Cumulative shipments include robots no longer in use.
  • Company newsroom figures are not audited.

Each row keeps its own unit, so the rows are not drawn to one scale.

  • Pudu Robotics

    Cumulative robots shipped (company)

    More than 130,000robots

    Company reportedCovers: Cumulative to September 2026Worldwide (85+ countries and regions)As of

    Pudu delivery, cleaning, industrial and other service robots shipped since founding

    • Company press statement; Pudu has no public prospectus on HKEX or SSE (checked HKEX applications 2024-2026).
    Source

  • Keenon Robotics

    Cumulative robots shipped (company)

    More than 100,000robots

    Company reportedCovers: Cumulative to September 2026Worldwide (60+ countries and regions)As of

    Keenon delivery, cleaning, humanoid and other service robots shipped since founding

    • Company press statement; Keenon has no public prospectus on HKEX or SSE (checked HKEX applications 2024-2026).
    Source

  • Commercial service robots

    Annual commercial service-robot shipments

    About 155,000units

    Analyst estimateCovers: Full year 2025WorldwideAs of

    Delivery robots (about 84,000) plus commercial cleaning robots (about 58,000) and other commercial service robots, per IDC delivery and commercial-cleaning trackers

    • Overlaps IFR hospitality and professional cleaning rows; do not add.
    Source

  • Starship Technologies

    Cumulative autonomous deliveries (company)

    More than 10 milliondeliveries

    Company reportedCovers: Cumulative to 28 April 20268 countriesAs of

    Completed sidewalk-robot deliveries since launch

    • Deliveries (trips), not robots; never add to fleet rows.
    Source

  • Starship Technologies

    Delivery robots in fleet (company)

    More than 3,000robots

    Company reportedCovers: As of 28 April 20268 countries (about 300+ locations)As of

    Starship autonomous sidewalk delivery robots in its fleet

    • Fleet size; do not add to the deliveries row.
    Source

  • Serve Robotics

    Sidewalk delivery robots in fleet (company)

    More than 2,000robots

    Company filingCovers: As of 31 December 2025United StatesAs of

    Serve sidewalk delivery robots in its fleet at year-end

    • Fleet size, not robots active each day (see daily-active row).
    Source

  • Serve Robotics

    Daily active robots, quarterly average (company)

    792robots

    Company filingCovers: Q2 2026United StatesAs of

    Average number of robots performing deliveries each day in the quarter (indoor and outdoor)

    • An average of active robots, not total fleet; do not compare with the 2,000+ fleet as if the rest were idle stock.
    Source
Source: Pudu Robotics (newsroom) (); Keenon Robotics (newsroom) (); IDC (blog, IDC China) (); Starship Technologies (press) (); Starship Technologies (press) (); Serve Robotics via SEC EDGAR (); Serve Robotics via SEC EDGAR () · Compilation as of . Inspect data contains full source titles, access dates, limitations and related atlas records.
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Evidence rows for “How many delivery and service robots are in use?”. The values and definitions match the chart and CSV.
ObservationValue and periodSource and scope
Pudu RoboticsCumulative robots shipped (company)pudu-robots-shipped-cumulativeMore than 130,000 robots
Company reportedMore thanCovers: Cumulative to September 2026Worldwide (85+ countries and regions)Checked

Pudu delivery, cleaning, industrial and other service robots shipped since founding

  • Company press statement; Pudu has no public prospectus on HKEX or SSE (checked HKEX applications 2024-2026).
  • Cumulative shipments, not robots in operation.
Keenon RoboticsCumulative robots shipped (company)keenon-robots-shipped-cumulativeMore than 100,000 robots
Company reportedMore thanCovers: Cumulative to September 2026Worldwide (60+ countries and regions)Checked

Keenon delivery, cleaning, humanoid and other service robots shipped since founding

  • Company press statement; Keenon has no public prospectus on HKEX or SSE (checked HKEX applications 2024-2026).
  • Cumulative, not in operation.
Commercial service robotsAnnual commercial service-robot shipmentsidc-commercial-service-robot-shipments-2025About 155,000 units
Analyst estimateApproximateCovers: Full year 2025WorldwideChecked

Delivery robots (about 84,000) plus commercial cleaning robots (about 58,000) and other commercial service robots, per IDC delivery and commercial-cleaning trackers

  • Overlaps IFR hospitality and professional cleaning rows; do not add.
  • Excludes household cleaning robots.
Starship TechnologiesCumulative autonomous deliveries (company)starship-deliveries-cumulativeMore than 10 million deliveries
Company reportedMore thanCovers: Cumulative to 28 April 20268 countriesChecked

Completed sidewalk-robot deliveries since launch

  • Deliveries (trips), not robots; never add to fleet rows.
  • Release headline says 'passes 10 million'.
Starship TechnologiesDelivery robots in fleet (company)starship-fleet-2026More than 3,000 robots
Company reportedMore thanCovers: As of 28 April 20268 countries (about 300+ locations)Checked

Starship autonomous sidewalk delivery robots in its fleet

  • Fleet size; do not add to the deliveries row.
  • Company statement.
Serve RoboticsSidewalk delivery robots in fleet (company)serve-fleet-2025More than 2,000 robots
Company filingMore thanCovers: As of 31 December 2025United StatesChecked

Serve sidewalk delivery robots in its fleet at year-end

  • Fleet size, not robots active each day (see daily-active row).
Serve RoboticsDaily active robots, quarterly average (company)serve-daily-active-robots-2026q2792 robots
Company filingAs publishedCovers: Q2 2026United StatesChecked

Average number of robots performing deliveries each day in the quarter (indoor and outdoor)

  • An average of active robots, not total fleet; do not compare with the 2,000+ fleet as if the rest were idle stock.
  • Q2 2025: 160.
Methods and limitations

Company newsrooms and filings, plus IDC’s market estimate. Shipped, fleet and daily-active counts are different measures.

  • Cumulative shipments include robots no longer in use.
  • Company newsroom figures are not audited.

The research edition is . Publication dates, measurement periods and research review dates describe different events. Missing observations are not zero. Catalogue counts describe documented records, including historical entries, rather than robots operating or sold.

Each row keeps its own unit, so the rows are not drawn to one scale. A source filter changes the visible rows, table, download and citation together; it keeps the original chart scale.

What this means: Pudu and Keenon alone have shipped more than 230,000 serving and delivery robots between them.

Delivery robots

What do machine availability labels mean?

Commercial and pilot labels describe catalogue classifications, not verified delivery availability or physical units operating.

Link to section
  • Commercial can include internal use, services and preorders.
  • Pilot does not establish a paid deployment; historical records remain in the denominator.

Bars show a share of the robots Simbeing lists in each group. They are not market shares.

  • Machines · commercial

    Recorded commercial classification

    299catalogue recordsDenominator: 512

    Atlas calculationCovers: Catalogue snapshot · 11 October 2026Recorded worldwide catalogueAs of

    Listed atlas records, all historical statuses; not a market census

    • Frozen catalogue calculation reviewed 11 October 2026; linked catalogue files may change after this edition.
    Source

  • Machines · pilot

    Recorded pilot classification

    29catalogue recordsDenominator: 512

    Atlas calculationCovers: Catalogue snapshot · 11 October 2026Recorded worldwide catalogueAs of

    Listed atlas records, all historical statuses; not a market census

    • Frozen catalogue calculation reviewed 11 October 2026; linked catalogue files may change after this edition.
    Source
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Evidence rows for “What do machine availability labels mean?”. The values and definitions match the chart and CSV.
ObservationValue and periodSource and scope
Machines · commercialRecorded commercial classificationatlas-machines-commercial299 catalogue records

Denominator: 512

Atlas calculationAs publishedCovers: Catalogue snapshot · 11 October 2026Recorded worldwide catalogueChecked

Listed atlas records, all historical statuses; not a market census

  • Frozen catalogue calculation reviewed 11 October 2026; linked catalogue files may change after this edition.
  • Includes models, generations, families and historical entries, not physical units sold.
  • Commercial can include internal use, services and preorders; pilot does not establish a paid deployment.
  • This label alone does not verify current purchasability, delivery or independent task performance.
Machines · pilotRecorded pilot classificationatlas-machines-pilot29 catalogue records

Denominator: 512

Atlas calculationAs publishedCovers: Catalogue snapshot · 11 October 2026Recorded worldwide catalogueChecked

Listed atlas records, all historical statuses; not a market census

  • Frozen catalogue calculation reviewed 11 October 2026; linked catalogue files may change after this edition.
  • Includes models, generations, families and historical entries, not physical units sold.
  • Commercial can include internal use, services and preorders; pilot does not establish a paid deployment.
  • This label alone does not verify current purchasability, delivery or independent task performance.
Methods and limitations

Count the frozen catalogue’s stored status fields; each row uses the full category denominator.

  • Commercial can include internal use, services and preorders.
  • Pilot does not establish a paid deployment; historical records remain in the denominator.

The research edition is . Publication dates, measurement periods and research review dates describe different events. Missing observations are not zero. Catalogue counts describe documented records, including historical entries, rather than robots operating or sold.

Bars show a share of the robots Simbeing lists in each group. They are not market shares. A source filter changes the visible rows, table, download and citation together; it keeps the original chart scale.

How many industrial robots were installed in 2025?

IFR records 603,307 new industrial-robot installations in 2025. Its separate operating-stock figure counts robots still in use at year end.

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  • Annual installations and year-end stock answer different questions; this table does not add or share a bar scale between them.
  • The atlas machine list is navigation context, not the same measured population as IFR’s industrial statistics.

Each row keeps its own unit, so the rows are not drawn to one scale.

  • Industrial robots installed

    Annual installations

    603,307robots

    Supplier surveyCovers: Full year 2025WorldwideAs of

    Worldwide industrial robots in IFR World Robotics 2026; annual installations and year-end operating stock are separate measures.

    • Installations are a flow during the year; operating stock is a stock at year end. Do not add them.
    Source

  • Industrial robots operating

    Year-end operational stock

    5,079,078robots

    Supplier surveyCovers: Year end 2025WorldwideAs of

    Worldwide industrial robots in IFR World Robotics 2026; annual installations and year-end operating stock are separate measures.

    • Installations are a flow during the year; operating stock is a stock at year end. Do not add them.
    Source

  • IFR · industrial robots installed in China

    Annual installations

    354,226robots

    Supplier surveyCovers: Full year 2025ChinaAs of

    Industrial robots installed in China in 2025 (part of the worldwide 603,307).

    • Part of the worldwide total. Do not add them together.
    Source
Source: International Federation of Robotics (); International Federation of Robotics (); International Federation of Robotics () · Compilation as of . Inspect data contains full source titles, access dates, limitations and related atlas records.
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Evidence rows for “How many industrial robots were installed in 2025?”. The values and definitions match the chart and CSV.
ObservationValue and periodSource and scope
Industrial robots installedAnnual installationsifr-industrial-installations-2025603,307 robots
Supplier surveyAs publishedCovers: Full year 2025WorldwideChecked

Worldwide industrial robots in IFR World Robotics 2026; annual installations and year-end operating stock are separate measures.

  • Installations are a flow during the year; operating stock is a stock at year end. Do not add them.
  • Industrial equipment is distinct from professional service categories and humanoid tracker totals.
  • No 2026 forecast is represented as an observed result.
  • The executive summary’s release date is established by the accompanying IFR announcement.
Industrial robots operatingYear-end operational stockifr-industrial-stock-20255,079,078 robots
Supplier surveyAs publishedCovers: Year end 2025WorldwideChecked

Worldwide industrial robots in IFR World Robotics 2026; annual installations and year-end operating stock are separate measures.

  • Installations are a flow during the year; operating stock is a stock at year end. Do not add them.
  • Industrial equipment is distinct from professional service categories and humanoid tracker totals.
  • No 2026 forecast is represented as an observed result.
  • The executive summary’s release date is established by the accompanying IFR announcement.
IFR · industrial robots installed in ChinaAnnual installationsifr-china-industrial-installations-2025354,226 robots
Supplier surveyAs publishedCovers: Full year 2025ChinaChecked

Industrial robots installed in China in 2025 (part of the worldwide 603,307).

  • Part of the worldwide total. Do not add them together.
  • Installations are a flow, not the operating stock.
Methods and limitations

IFR World Robotics 2026 executive summary, printed page 15. The edition was released on 24 September 2026.

  • Annual installations and year-end stock answer different questions; this table does not add or share a bar scale between them.
  • The atlas machine list is navigation context, not the same measured population as IFR’s industrial statistics.

The research edition is . Publication dates, measurement periods and research review dates describe different events. Missing observations are not zero. Catalogue counts describe documented records, including historical entries, rather than robots operating or sold.

Each row keeps its own unit, so the rows are not drawn to one scale. A source filter changes the visible rows, table, download and citation together; it keeps the original chart scale.

What this means: Factory robot arms remain the largest robot market by far, with over five million at work.

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Edition note · 2026-10-12

New evidence in this edition

In this edition every figure was checked again against its original document: company annual and interim reports, stock-exchange filings and prospectuses, and the research firms’ own releases. None of the published numbers was wrong. Six now cite the original document instead of a news report, one repeated figure was retired, and 65 new figures were added, most of them from company filings.

New sections cover what makers themselves report (units, revenue and orders), robot dogs, home-robot makers, warehouse and delivery robots, driverless trucks, mining trucks and drone deliveries. The previous edition stays available. We don’t treat new robots added to the atlas as market growth.

Read the atlas recording log

Methods & reuse

How can I cite these figures?

Quote each number with its publisher, what it measures and the period it covers. Every chart has a data table, a CSV download and ready-to-copy citation text.

What the labels mean

Analyst estimate: a research firm’s estimate, using its own definition. Company reported and company filing: the company’s own number, from a statement or an official filing. Published offer: one listed price for one version, on the date shown. Atlas calculation: a count from Simbeing’s own records, not a market share.

Dates, gaps and comparisons

Each figure shows three dates: the period it covers, when the source published it, and when we checked it. “About” and “more than” stay as the source wrote them. A missing number means it wasn’t published, not zero. Fleets, shipments, sales, installations, trips and forecasts measure different things, so they are never added together.

No public source yet gives a complete 2026 humanoid total, a count of deliveries by every maker, or a fair worldwide average price. A maker’s page today may differ from the dated figure here.

How the atlas snapshot is counted

The counts are fixed on the edition date, so they stay citable. Retired models are included. “On sale” and “in pilots” are how we classify each model; they don’t prove a robot is being delivered today, and a pilot isn’t always paid.

The fixed counts are in the edition download. The live humanoid and machine and vehicle lists keep growing.

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