As the humanoid robot industry enters a critical window shifting from technical prototype validation to large‑scale commercial deployment, a landmark industry event pooling global expertise and connecting full‑chain resources is set to open in Shanghai. The 2026 Shanghai International Humanoid Robot & Full‑Robot Industry Chain Exhibition (Shanghai Humanoid Robot Show for short) will run from December 9 to 11 at the Shanghai New International Expo Centre. Centered on the theme “Reshaping the Humanoid Robot Industry Chain”, the exhibition serves as a premier industrial hub integrating technology showcases, new‑product premieres, supply‑demand matching, industry‑university‑research collaboration, international partnerships and capital deployment.

Regarded as another disruptive innovation following computers, smartphones and new‑energy vehicles, humanoid robots are rapidly evolving from stage demonstrations and competition arenas toward household and industrial scenarios. In the first half of 2026, China’s shipment volume of humanoid robots exceeded 40,000 units, accounting for 97% of global deliveries, marking the industry’s advance into an in‑depth phase of widespread real‑world adoption. Powered by policy support, industrial clustering, capital input and open application scenarios, Shanghai is spearheading the national drive for humanoid robot industrialization. Municipal authorities have set clear targets: to deploy 100,000 humanoid robots in factories by the end of the 15th Five‑Year Plan period, and achieve over 80% adoption rate of intelligent agents among large‑scale industrial enterprises. Shanghai will build more than 50 specialized pilot‑scale testing platforms covering new‑energy storage and humanoid robots, alongside an industrial fund system spanning the full lifecycle of future industries, pioneering sectors and industrial transformation and upgrading.

Covering a planned exhibition area of 24,000 square meters, this edition will host over 400 high‑quality exhibitors worldwide. Rooted in Zhangjiang, Pudong New Area, Shanghai hosts hundreds of key humanoid‑robot enterprises with nearly 90% local supply capacity for core components. It is home to China’s first national‑local joint humanoid robot innovation center and a dedicated embodied‑intelligence training ground. Exhibits encompass bipedal humanoid complete robots, wheeled hybrid robots, and end‑products for industrial, service and special‑purpose applications; critical core components including servo motors, precision reducers, joint modules and high‑precision sensors; as well as cutting‑edge software solutions such as embodied‑intelligence large models and autonomous decision‑making control systems. Multiple newly‑iterated products featuring lightweight bionic bodies, high‑dynamic motion control and multimodal human‑robot interaction will make their global debuts for on‑site testing. Notably, the country’s first embodied‑intelligence training demonstration site co‑launched by the National‑Local Joint Humanoid Robot Innovation Center and Huawei, together with the Shanghai Humanoid Robot Pilot‑Testing Service Platform built in partnership with Shanghai Electric Group, have commenced operation in Pudong. They form a complete industrial loop covering data collection, model training, real‑robot practice, process optimization, small‑batch trial production and standardized pilot‑scale maturation. These shared infrastructure foundations underpin the solid industrial groundwork for the exhibition.

Alongside the show, dozens of high‑level industrial summits, technical seminars and developer conferences will convene academicians, expert scholars, enterprise technical leads and front‑line industrial investors. In‑depth discussions will focus on major topics including domestic substitution of core components, cost reduction and efficiency gains for mass production, cerebellum‑cerebrum coordinated control, flexible multi‑task operation, industry standard formulation and commercial‑scenario implementation, delivering actionable industrial solutions. To address prevailing industry pain points such as fragmented industrial chains, limited general‑purpose capability of robot bodies, high secondary‑development costs, slow technology‑to‑commerce conversion, high barriers for global expansion and constrained financing channels, the exhibition adopts diverse formats including live dynamic demonstration zones, immersive future‑factory setups and open‑source standardized solution displays. It systematically connects the full workflow of technology iteration, product roll‑out, capital empowerment and global layout.

A multi‑level targeted business‑matching system will also be in place, with targeted invitations extended to global manufacturing giants, system integrators, purchasers, research institutes and investment institutions. On‑site one‑on‑one business negotiations, high‑quality project roadshows and strategic cooperation signing ceremonies will take place intensively. Specialized overseas‑expansion matchmaking events targeting Europe‑China, Southeast Asia, the Middle East and other regions will run concurrently to build bridges for global supply‑chain collaboration.

Evolving from a technology showcase to a comprehensive industrial‑ecosystem hub, the Shanghai Humanoid Robot Show not only anticipates the future of robotics but actively accelerates its real‑world arrival. Closing the full loop of R&D innovation, product validation, commercial procurement, cross‑border cooperation and capital empowerment, it fosters deep integration of industry‑university‑research‑application and helps China’s humanoid‑robot industry seize opportunities brought by new‑quality productive forces. This December, meet at the Shanghai New International Expo Centre to explore new technological breakthroughs, industrial opportunities and ecological prospects for humanoid robots.