Humanoid production — June 2026

Humanoid signed a binding phased deployment agreement targeting a four-digit number of wheeled robots across Schaeffler facilities by 2032. The first phase runs from December 2026 to June 2027 at Herzogenaurach and Schweinfurt, combining box handling with integration tests and validation of sustained operation.

The Robots-as-a-Service arrangement includes fleet software, maintenance, updates and support. A separate five-year supply agreement makes Schaeffler the preferred actuator supplier, covering more than half of Humanoid’s wheeled-platform demand through 2031. The deployment total remains a phased future commitment and should be kept distinct from annual factory capacity or units already manufactured.

Hexagon and Schaeffler expanded their partnership after a 2025 pilot, with Schaeffler planning to deploy at least 1,000 AEON humanoids across its global factory network over seven years. Schaeffler will also supply high-precision actuators for the robot.

The wheeled humanoid demonstrated loading, unloading and inspection at a multi-machine station. The rollout is intended to extend those capabilities across sites, with additional part-inspection applications targeted from the end of 2026. Production data from the deployments will support training and adaptation to new factory workflows. The thousand-robot figure is a future rollout plan, not an installed fleet.

AKINROBOTICS released a demonstration video introducing AKINCI-5, the fifth generation of its humanoid robot programme. The Konya company develops and manufactures its own robot hardware, with the new generation extending a programme that began with humanoid research in 2009.

The announcement places AKINCI-5 alongside the company’s broader portfolio of social robots, mobile industrial robots, robot arms and quadrupeds. The new generation extends its humanoid development programme within an existing robot manufacturing operation.

AGIBOT reached its 15,000th robot production milestone in June, with a G2 industrial task robot as the milestone unit. The cumulative figure covers company production and should be distinguished from the number of robots operating at a particular customer site.

At Longcheer Technology’s Nanchang tablet factory, multiple robots completed a six-day livestream inside an active quality-inspection section. AGIBOT reported more than 64 hours of operation, 64,828 production tasks across more than four workflows and a 99.99% task-success rate. These are company-reported results for that run. The work tested integration with production equipment, moving materials and human operators, connecting the manufacturing ramp with validation of robot behaviour on a live line.

Guangdong Huilun Technology and GAC’s Powertrain Business Unit signed a strategic cooperation agreement to develop humanoid manufacturing capability. The partners will work on complete-robot assembly and testing, joint-module research and manufacturing, embodied-intelligence innovation centres and applications inside industrial facilities.

Huilun is the GAC-incubated business commercialising its humanoid programme. The agreement connects robot development with the automotive group’s manufacturing operation and prepares for production at the 10,000-unit scale. That describes the planned manufacturing programme, rather than completed output or a customer order for 10,000 robots.

DAX Robotics disclosed plans to expand an existing line with annual capacity of around 1,000 robots toward the 10,000-unit scale following its latest financing. The company develops humanoid manipulation systems around its DaxBrain-WM embodied world model, with retail, logistics, pharmaceutical and industrial work among its initial applications.

The financing programme supports development of the next robot-intelligence system, production-line expansion and recruitment. The capacity plan follows the company’s early product launches and orders. It is a manufacturing target rather than evidence of 10,000 completed deliveries.

Unitree disclosed cumulative production of approximately 11,000 robots for a single bipedal humanoid model. The June announcement described units that had left the production line, excluding the company’s other humanoid models and wheeled humanoid platforms. It should be read as a cumulative manufacturing milestone, rather than annual shipments or a count of robots working in factories.

The milestone came as Unitree advanced its STAR Market IPO application and expanded work on robot intelligence alongside its hardware and motion-control systems. Its prospectus proposed investment in robot models, robot bodies, new products and a manufacturing base. The production count illustrates the scale of an existing product line while those development and manufacturing investments remained subject to the public-offering process.

NEURA Robotics outlined a manufacturing expansion accompanying its announced Series C of up to $1.4 billion. The Financial Times reported a target of 6,000 humanoids of production capacity in 2026, followed by a further increase in 2027. Those figures describe planned capacity, rather than robots already delivered.

NEURA’s own announcement assigns capital to humanoid and cognitive-robot production, its Neuraverse shared-learning platform and NEURA Gyms for training robots in physical environments. The programme combines manufacturing investment with places to collect operational data and develop robot skills. Its longer-term ambition for multi-million-unit production by 2030 covers a broader mix of robots and robot arms, so it is not directly comparable with the near-term humanoid capacity target.

XPENG’s IRON programme was targeting large-scale humanoid production by the end of 2026. The company had established an embodied-intelligence data factory in Guangzhou and was applying its internally developed AI chips, software and automotive manufacturing capabilities to the robot programme.

The planned initial commercial uses included guided tours and shopping assistance, with Baosteel working with XPENG to explore inspection in industrial environments. At the June cutoff, the production timetable remained a target. The programme linked robot training and application development with preparation of a manufacturing supply chain; it did not establish that volume production had already begun.

EngineAI opened its approximately 12,000-square-metre Honghualing manufacturing base in Shenzhen and announced the first batch of T800 humanoids leaving the line for delivery. The company described the facility as establishing 10,000-unit scalable delivery capability, rather than reporting 10,000 robots already shipped.

The plant combines incoming-material inspection, component assembly and testing, final integration, end-of-line tests, shipment and after-sales maintenance. EngineAI states that the layout can produce a robot every 15 minutes. The new base is intended to make manufacturing and quality control repeatable as T800 moves from prototypes into larger customer batches.

Matrix Robotics presented MATRIX-3 at BEYOND Expo in Macao and said it had commissioned its MFH factory in Shanghai’s Zhangjiang district. Its May announcement claimed the ability to deliver 5,000 robots during 2026 and targeted output of 100,000 by 2027. The first figure describes delivery capability, while the second is a future production target; neither establishes completed shipments.

MATRIX-3 combines the company’s WAVE robot model with linear joints, dexterous hands and woven protective skin. The company specified a 1.7 m, 65 kg robot with four hours of continuous operation and a 15 kg dual-arm payload. The exhibition demonstrated walking and object manipulation, connecting the hardware presentation with the company’s manufacturing and commercialisation plans.

1X opened its 58,000-square-foot NEO factory in Hayward, California, with more than 200 staff and an initial annual capacity target of 10,000 robots. A planned San Carlos facility and further automation were intended to support more than 100,000 units annually by the end of 2027; these are capacity plans rather than delivered volumes.

The factory produces critical components including motors, batteries, structures, tendons and sensors, and handles assembly and testing. Early robots were being prioritised for internal development and home testing before consumer shipments planned for 2026. Keeping manufacturing and engineering together supports rapid design changes as NEO moves toward household use.

Figure reported that BotQ had delivered more than 350 Figure 03 robots and increased its demonstrated manufacturing rate from one robot per day to one per hour in under 120 days. This describes production cadence rather than annual shipments or customer deployments.

The ramp used dedicated module lines, manufacturing software across more than 150 workstations, supplier qualification and over 50 in-process inspection points. Finished robots undergo more than 80 functional tests. Figure allocates the fleet across research, data collection, household-task development and commercial use cases, allowing the larger hardware fleet to generate training data for its Helix model.

Leju Robotics and Dongfang Precision developed an automated humanoid production line in Foshan with annual design capacity in the 10,000-unit range. Dongfang describes 24 assembly stages and 77 inspection and testing checks, with an AI control system coordinating production timing, materials and processes.

The partners stated that assembly could complete one robot every 30 minutes, with efficiency more than 50% above conventional manual assembly. The line provides a repeatable manufacturing process for scaling robot production, while the associated training centre supports robot learning. The annual figure describes designed capacity, rather than confirming that 10,000 robots had been manufactured.

UBTECH partnered with Siemens Digital Industries Software to support its target of producing more than 10,000 industrial humanoid robots in 2026. Siemens’ account of the partnership describes digital software spanning product research, design and manufacturing, connecting engineering work with the production process.

The collaboration supports UBTECH’s effort to make humanoid production repeatable as orders expand. Linking design and manufacturing systems can help carry product changes, workflow planning and quality management through the factory. The 10,000-unit figure remains UBTECH’s production target, rather than confirmed completed output at the June cutoff.