As of July 2026, Unitree Technology has produced a cumulative total of 18,000 purely bipedal humanoid robots, ranking first in the domestic industry.Article author, source: i黑马
Unitree Technology has officially announced a key mass production figure of 18,000 units.
As of July 2026, the total cumulative production of all biomimetic bipedal humanoid robots under the company’s portfolio reached 18,000 units.
We need to clarify the statistical criteria first to avoid any confusion. The 18,000 units from Unitree include only fully assembled bipedal humanoid robots capable of walking upright on two legs. Wheeled chassis robots, quadrupedal robot dogs, and individual robotic arms are not included. The statistical standard is strictly focused on the core segment of bipedal humanoids.
We conduct a direct comparison of China’s four leading humanoid robotics companies using data exclusively from their official public disclosures:
1. Unitree Technologies: As of July 2026, 18,000 pure bipedal humanoid robots;
2. AgiRobot: By June 2026, a total of 15,000 humanoid robots across all categories will be produced, including a large number of wheeled collaborative robots; excluding wheeled models, pure bipedal humanoids amount to only 7,000 units;
3. UBTECH: Approximately 3,000 humanoid robots across the entire product line have been produced, including early consumer-grade small humanoid robots and new industrial humanoid robots;
4. Galaxy General: Focuses on industrial-grade custom humanoid robots, with only 1,000 units produced to date, primarily delivering in small-batch projects.
Viewing the rankings across two dimensions makes the results immediately clear.
Focusing solely on pure bipedal humanoid robots (the industry’s core segment): Unitree leads with 18,000 units, followed by AgiBot with 7,000 units, UBTECH in third with 3,000 units, and Galaxy General at the bottom with 1,000 units.
If standards are relaxed and wheeled and bipedal units are combined: Unitree’s 18,000 units still exceed AgiBot’s 15,000 units, maintaining its position as the industry leader.
The domestic humanoid robot sector has now clearly segmented: Unitree and AgiBot are the dominant leaders at the ten-thousand-unit scale, while UBTECH and Galaxy General remain at the thousand-unit scale, a full order of magnitude behind the market leaders.
Unitree's production ramp-up
Many people wonder how 18,000 units weren’t built overnight—by breaking down Unitree’s annual shipment data over the years, you can clearly understand its growth pattern.
In 2025, a total of 6,500 unitree bipedal humanoid robots were produced.
In May 2026, cumulative production exceeded 11,000 units;
From May to July 2026, just two months, new offline units increased by 7,000, reaching a total of 18,000.
What does 7,000 units in two months mean? It’s more than double the total cumulative production of all humanoid robots by UBTECH over the years. Stable, large-scale manufacturing is not driven by a single advantage, but by a complete closed-loop system.
At the hardware level, Unitree has been relentlessly focused on motion control since its founding, designing and manufacturing all core components of humanoid robots—including servo motors, drivers, and reducers—in-house, eliminating reliance on external suppliers. This approach not only reduces overall production costs but also ensures full control over supply timelines, preventing the awkward situation of having orders come in while critical components are unavailable.
At the product level, the H1 and G1 bipedal humanoid robots are strategically positioned as a high-low combination. The H1 targets industrial clients for applications such as factory material handling and inspection, with stable bulk orders. The G1 is designed as a general-purpose humanoid, serving a broader customer base including commercial service providers and research institutions. Both products are ramping up production in parallel to consistently utilize the manufacturing line’s capacity.
At the manufacturing level, Unitree has built a flexible, dedicated production line tailored for bipedal robots, optimizing processes for whole-humanoid assembly and calibration. The capability for large-scale standardized production has been successfully implemented, moving beyond small-batch manual assembly.
Youbi Xuan “started early but arrived late”
Among the four companies, UBTECH entered the humanoid robot field earliest and has high capital visibility, but its cumulative production has only reached 3,000 units, falling far behind Unitree—a result of long-term shortcomings in market positioning, technology, and orders combined.
First, the early focus was misaligned with the right赛道, causing us to miss the industrial mass-production window.
UBTECH's initial core products were small consumer-grade humanoid robots, primarily targeting education, cultural and tourism exhibitions, and children's toy markets. These robots are compact and have low torque, capable only of simple dance performances and lacking industrial operational capabilities. By the time the industry collectively shifted toward industrial humanoid deployment and mass production in 2024–2025, UBTECH hastily launched the Walker industrial humanoid, having to build its R&D, production line, and supply chain from scratch—placing it two to three years behind its competitors.
Second, weak in-house capabilities for core components constrain supply chains and limit production capacity.
For humanoid robots to achieve mass production, independent control of core components is a prerequisite. Unitree's servo motors and high-power reducers are mostly sourced externally.
External procurement has two critical issues: first, costs are high—upstream component manufacturers raise prices, making the final product uncompetitive and reducing customer willingness to order; second, supply is unstable—upstream manufacturers have limited production capacity, and when multiple robotics companies simultaneously compete for parts, UBTECH cannot secure sufficient components, forcing production lines to operate at half capacity and making large-scale expansion impossible.
Third, the product positioning is unclear, and there is a lack of stable, large-volume orders to provide support.
On one hand, the consumer market is not profitable; on the other, the commercial deployment of industrial humanoids is slow. The Walker series has been on the market for a short time, and factory customers have long validation cycles, resulting in no sustained large-scale bulk procurement orders.
Fourth, resources are scattered, and attention is divided among multiple unrelated product lines.
In addition to humanoid robots, UBTECH has also expanded into multiple product lines, including service and inspection robots, commercial disinfection robots, and educational programming hardware, leading to significant division of R&D funding and engineering resources.
Domestic humanoid robots enter a new phase
Zhìyuán is currently the only company that can compete with Unitree, but the two use completely different statistical metrics.
Of Zhìyuán’s total of 15,000 units, wheeled chassis robots account for more than half; these products have simpler structures and lower mass-production complexity, making them not directly comparable to pure bipedal humanoids. Focusing solely on bipedal models, Zhìyuán’s volume of 7,000 units is significantly lower than Unitree’s 18,000. Zhìyuán’s strength lies in its deep industrial automation distribution channels, while its weakness is its relatively lesser accumulation of bipedal locomotion technology compared to Unitree, which has spent years specializing in legged robotics.
Galaxy General follows a lean and precise approach, not pursuing high-volume production but focusing on customized industrial humanoid robots tailored for specific factory scenarios. This model offers high profit per unit, but its drawbacks are clear: customized models cannot be standardized or mass-produced, resulting in long delivery cycles, limited order volumes, and cumulative production that struggles to exceed 10,000 units—making it difficult to catch up with the top two companies in the short term.
The trend of polarization in the industry is now irreversible. Unitree and Zhiyuan possess production capacities in the tens of thousands of units, with integrated advantages in technology, supply chains, and customer resources, enabling them to continuously capture the majority of market share. Companies like UBTECH and Galaxy General, with production capacities in the thousands, must address two key weaknesses—self-developed components and large-scale industrial orders—to catch up with the leaders, a process that will take at least two to three years.
For Unitree, 18,000 units are just a milestone. The company continues to expand its dedicated humanoid robot production lines, and as the G1 and H1 products undergo continuous iteration and industrial and commercial orders keep increasing, the total production volume in the future will rise rapidly.
Overall, China-made humanoid robots have transitioned from an era of competing on technical prototypes to a new industrial phase focused on mass production, real-world deployment, and supply chain capabilities. Those who can secure large-scale mass production will gain a competitive edge in the upcoming market, and Unitree’s achievement of producing 18,000 units has already given it a first-mover advantage in this race.