Global humanoid robot sales hit 7,000 in 2025: IFR

Around 7,000 humanoid robots were sold worldwide in 2025 for industrial and professional service use, figures compiled by the International Federation of Robotics (IFR) showed. Many of these were bought by research institutions or companies using them to generate data for improving AI models, rather than productive work. Carmakers are running pilots with single-digit or double-digit numbers of robots in their plants.