At present, the humanoid robot industry stands at a historic inflection point, transitioning from technical verification to large-scale commercial application. China’s shipments of humanoid robots exceeded 40,000 units in the first half of 2026, with its global share further rising to 97%. At this critical juncture, the 2026 Shanghai International Humanoid Robot & Full Robot Industry Chain Exhibition (Humanoid Robot Show Shanghai for short), with the core mission of “Reshaping the humanoid robot industry chain”, will be grandly held at the Shanghai New International Expo Centre from December 9 to 11. Covering a planned total area of 24,000 square meters, the exhibition will gather more than 400 high-quality enterprises worldwide to exhibit and participate. Adopting an innovative four-in-one international exhibition model integrating “Exhibition + Forums + Competitions + Matchmaking”, the event aims to build a benchmark global one-stop platform for demonstration, exchange, investment and financing, as well as commercial cooperation covering the entire humanoid robot industry chain.

As a national hub for artificial intelligence development, Shanghai has explicitly proposed to further implement the "AI +" initiative, striving to deploy 100,000 humanoid robots into factories by the end of the 15th Five-Year Plan period. Centered on Zhangjiang in Pudong as its core cluster, Shanghai is home to more than 100 key enterprises. The local supporting rate of core components stands at nearly 90%. It also hosts China’s first national-local joint innovation center for humanoid robots, equipped with a 5,000+ sqm professional training site for virtual-physical embodied intelligence.

Meanwhile, Shanghai has fully opened diversified application scenarios including industrial intelligent manufacturing, people’s livelihood services and smart cities, offering solid support for humanoid robots in technology iteration, product testing and global layout. Leveraging this unique geographic advantage and policy dividends, the Shanghai Humanoid Robot Show delivers full industrial chain coverage ranging from core components to complete machines and end-use applications.

Exhibits include bipedal and wheeled humanoid robot complete units, end products such as industrial service and special robots, as well as core hardware like servo motors, precision reducers, sensors, controllers and joint modules. The exhibition also brings together software technology solutions such as embodied intelligence algorithms, large models and autonomous decision-making systems, presenting the complete industrial supply chain ecosystem in one stop.

During the exhibition, leading global industry players, emerging innovative brands and top research institutions will showcase their offerings side by side. A large number of unreleased new products and upgraded technical solutions will make their debut and undergo on-site testing, highlighting cutting-edge technologies and products including lightweight humanoid bodies, highly flexible motion control, multimodal human‑robot interaction, and intelligent autonomous obstacle avoidance. This will intuitively demonstrate the pivotal leap of humanoid robots from laboratory prototypes toward large-scale commercial deployment.

Humanoid robots are rapidly evolving from merely "running and jumping" to "thinking and working". The show will feature a dedicated live demo zone for physical robots, where visitors can watch real-world demonstrations of robot capabilities such as walking, obstacle traversal and precision grasping. Immersive zones themed "Future Factory" and "Smart Living" will also be built to exhibit flexible scheduling, multi-task switching and adaptive operation capabilities, delivering tangible real-world reference cases for the industry.

Concurrent with the exhibition, dozens of high-level industry summits, technical seminars and developer conferences will be held. The agenda will precisely focus on key themes including mass production and cost reduction, domestic substitution of core components, iteration of embodied intelligence technologies, multi-scenario commercial rollout, establishment of industrial standard systems, and R&D of big-small brain coordination.

Academicians, technical experts, key corporate executives and industrial investors will be invited to conduct in-depth interpretations of industrial policies and assess market trends, offering thought leadership and practical pathways for the industry to break through bottlenecks. Notably, the domestic localization rate of core components in China has exceeded 75%, with complete machines and components accelerating mutually-driven development.

The exhibition will feature a dedicated Core Component Technology Gallery for visual dissection of critical parts such as joint modules, servo motors and precision reducers. Meanwhile, the show will selectively invite professional visitors including domestic and overseas intelligent manufacturing end-users, system integrators, purchasers and distributors, research institutes, as well as investment and financing institutions. A series of on-site activities will be arranged, such as supply-demand matching, one-on-one business meetings, industrial project roadshows and strategic cooperation signing ceremonies.

This exhibition will connect with overseas procurement demands from Europe, Southeast Asia, the Middle East and other regions. It will host dedicated matchmaking sessions for China-Europe, China-Japan, China-South Korea, China-US, Southeast Asia and the Middle East, alongside a global embodied intelligence industry chain collaboration & overseas expansion matchmaking event, fully empowering local enterprises to explore global markets.

Concurrent events also include an investment and financing summit and high-quality project roadshows, offering one-stop access to capital connections and brand exposure. The global robotics industry in 2026 has reached a critical inflection point marked by technology integration, supply chain restructuring and large-scale scenario deployment. As one of China’s most influential industrial gatherings for the robotics sector this year, the Shanghai Humanoid Robot Show has evolved from a simple showcase into an ecosystem-oriented industrial platform spanning R&D, product launches, scenario validation, industrial collaboration, international expansion and capital matchmaking.

It is a comprehensive summit linking technology, industry and capital, and an unmissable strategic milestone closing out the 2026 robotics calendar. Global partners are warmly invited to meet at the Shanghai New International Expo Centre this December, to jointly build a full-value-chain ecosystem and seize the blue ocean of commercialization.

Driven by continuous breakthroughs in humanoid robot technologies, expanding application scenarios and strong policy support, the industry is presented with unprecedented development opportunities. Against this backdrop, the 2026 Shanghai International Humanoid Robot & Full Robot Industry Chain Exhibition will grandly open at the Shanghai New International Expo Centre from December 9 to 11, 2026.

With the mission of “Reshaping the humanoid robot industry chain”, the exhibition aims to build an international industrial and technological event that focuses on cutting-edge innovations, covers the entire industrial chain, targets commercialization and shapes the future. Bringing together world-leading enterprises, innovative technologies and professional visitors, the show will collectively advance the industrialization of humanoid robots and usher in a new intelligent era of “human-robot integration”.