China Robotics Company Atlas
A Business-Trip Guide to World Robot Conference 2026 (WRC 2026)
An evidence-based atlas of Chinese robotics leaders, their technology and traction, plus a practical WRC 2026 route. — 4 Parts, 12 Chapters
First published: 2026-08-17 | Last updated: 2026-08-17
44-company atlas
Compare 24 deep profiles and 20 atlas-only firms across technology categories.
Verified traction
Separate disclosed funding, revenue, shipments, customers, and corpus visibility by confidence.
WRC field route
Use official floor plans for an Aug. 19–20 route and a compressed one-day option.
Part I: Industry and Selection
China's Robotics Industry — Scale and Structure
Read market scale, policy, regional clusters, and the robotics value chain.
→ 02Selecting Leaders — Capital, Revenue, and Visibility
Define the selection model and data limitations for 44 companies.
→ 03Technology Value Chain — Components to Physical AI
Map the links among hardware, data, models, and system integration.
→Part II: Robot Platforms
Humanoids and Quadrupeds — The General-Purpose Body Race
Compare product readiness, scale-up, and ecosystems in humanoids and quadrupeds.
→ 05Mobile Manipulation — Combining Arms and Mobility
Analyze perception, control, deployment strategies, and leading mobile manipulators.
→ 06Industrial and Collaborative Arms — The Productivity Baseline
Evaluate precision, safety, integration, and commercialization of industrial and collaborative arms.
→ 07AMRs and Service Robots — Leaders in Scaling
Examine deployment scale and recurring economics in logistics, cleaning, delivery, and hospitality robots.
→Part III: Contact and Intelligence
Hands, Grippers, and Touch — The Contact-Intelligence Supply Chain
Compare performance, cost, and ecosystem positions in end effectors and tactile sensing.
→ 09Data and Simulation — Infrastructure for the Learning Loop
Connect teleoperation, data collection, simulation, and evaluation infrastructure.
→ 10VLAs and World Models — Connecting Intelligence to Factories
Analyze the technical and business gap between general robot models and industrial deployment.
→Part IV: Markets and the Show Floor
Medical, Consumer, and Specialized Robots — Breadth of Commercialization
Compare business models across surgical, rehabilitation, home, education, and special-environment robots.
→ 12WRC 2026 — A Two-Day Route and One-Day Sprint
Design Aug. 19–20 visit routes from verified booths and official floor plans.
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