Chinese companies dominate CES 2026's humanoid robotics category with 21 of 38 exhibitors, including Unitree Robotics, AgiBot, and Noetix Robotics, as the tech show opens in Las Vegas this week.
China has filed 7,705 humanoid patents over five years compared to 1,561 in the U.S., according to Morgan Stanley
, while AgiBot produced 5,000 robots in under three years versus several hundred by Tesla.
Beijing made robotics central to its 15th five-year plan to address labor shortages, while U.S. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick reportedly considers an executive order on a national robotics strategy.
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