Robots in numbers

Market figures and official prices with sources and reference dates.

Cobot specifications · checked 2026-10-21

Payload of six Korean collaborative robots

Rainbow RB3-12003 kg
Doosan E05095 kg
Rainbow RB5-8505 kg
Neuromeka Indy77 kg
Hanwha HCR-1414 kg
Doosan H201720 kg
Catalog payloads, not a performance ranking. Tool weight, center of gravity and pose affect actual limits. The draft's E0503 is corrected to the officially documented E0509.
Values and official sources
ModelPayloadSource
Rainbow RB3-12003 kgOfficial specification ↗
Doosan E05095 kgOfficial specification ↗
Rainbow RB5-8505 kgOfficial specification ↗
Neuromeka Indy77 kgOfficial specification ↗
Hanwha HCR-1414 kgOfficial specification ↗
Doosan H201720 kgOfficial specification ↗

Where were the most industrial robots installed in 2025?

IFR: new industrial robot installations by country in 2025 (about 603,000 worldwide)

China · 354,000 · share of world 58.7% (computed)China354,000United States · ~38,500 · share of world ~6.4% (computed)United States~38,500Japan · 36,219 · share of world 6.0% (computed)Japan36,219Korea · 30,000 · share of world 5.0% (computed)Korea30,000Germany · <25,000 · share of world <4.1% (computed)Germany<25,000India · ~10,500 · share of world ~1.7% (computed)India~10,500
Source: IFR World Robotics 2026 · Checked 2026-10-18
Source details
  • Shares (tooltips) computed as each value ÷ 603,000 worldwide (IFR graphic, in thousands). IFR text gives China as 59%
  • US and India are "almost" values and Germany is "fewer than 25,000" as IFR states; bars are drawn to that figure

Checked 2026-10-18 (KST)

What do humanoids officially cost?

Official USD prices from each maker (as listed, excluding tax and shipping where stated)

AGIBOT A2 Lite · $44,560AGIBOT A2 Lite$44,560Unitree H2 · $29,900Unitree H2$29,900AGIBOT X2 Neo · $25,600AGIBOT X2 Neo$25,6001X NEO · $20,0001X NEO$20,000Unitree G1 · $13,500Unitree G1$13,500Unitree R1 · $5,900Unitree R1$5,900FF Nova · $2,490FF Nova$2,490
Source: Makers' official pages · Checked 2026-10-18
Source details
  • Official USD prices from each maker (excluding tax and shipping where stated). 1X NEO is also offered at $499/month. Unitree R1 AIR is $4,900
  • FF Nova is a ~50 cm developer robot; phase one is an invitation-only run of 100 units

Checked 2026-10-18 (KST)

Who shipped the most cleaning robots in 2025?

IDC: 2025 global home cleaning robot shipments (32.72M units in total)

Roborock · 5.8M · 17.7%17.7%Ecovacs · 4.7M · 14.4%14.4%Dreame · 3.4M · 10.4%10.4%Others (computed) · 18.82M · 57.5%57.5%32.72M2025 total
  • Roborock5.8M
  • Ecovacs4.7M
  • Dreame3.4M
  • Others (computed)18.82M
Source: IDC · Checked 2026-10-18
Source details
  • Shares computed from the IDC total

Checked 2026-10-18 (KST)

Forecast How much DRAM will humanoid robot brains need by 2030?

Counterpoint Research forecast: DRAM demand for humanoid robot computing (terabits)

2026 · ~8,300 Tbit2026~8,300 Tbit2030 · ~172,000 Tbit2030~172,000 Tbit
Source: Counterpoint Research forecast (via irobotnews) · Checked 2026-10-18
Source details
  • Both values are forecasts. 172,000 ÷ 8,300 ≈ 20.7× (our calculation; reports say about 20×)
  • The Counterpoint report itself is not public; checked against two press reports

Checked 2026-10-18 (KST)

Where were professional service robots used most in 2025?

IFR: professional service robots sold in 2025. Transport & logistics led, followed by hospitality and professional cleaning

Source: IFR World Robotics 2026 · Checked 2026-10-18
Source details
  • IFR: professional service robots sold in 2025. Transport & logistics led, followed by hospitality and professional cleaning
  • IFR gives no unit counts for hospitality (2nd) and professional cleaning (3rd), so only their rank is noted
  • Consumer service robots are counted separately: almost 34.2 million (+37%)

Checked 2026-10-18 (KST)