From supply chain to record growth: Shenzhen dominates China’s robotics landscape
SCMP Tech / 4/26/2026
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Key Points
- Shenzhen’s robotics industry output reached a record in 2025, growing 20% year over year to over US$35.4 billion.
- At this week’s Fair Plus robotics trade show in Shenzhen, demonstrations emphasized practical use cases—such as robot-based sorting, serving, and moving large boxes—rather than flashy stunts.
- X Square Robot showcased wheel-based humanoids capable of real-world tasks like picking up trash and placing it into bins using its self-developed Wall-A embodied foundation model.
- The article frames Shenzhen’s robotics growth as driven by moving from supply-chain capabilities to scalable production and deployment of robotics systems.
Inside the busy aisles and booths of the Fair Plus robotics trade show in Shenzhen this week, the usual stunt spectacle was replaced by practical tasks: robots sorting supermarket stock, serving popcorn and transporting oversized boxes.
Among them, Shenzhen-based X Square Robot showed the real-world ability of its wheel-based humanoids, using the firm’s self-developed Wall-A embodied foundation model to pick up rubbish from the floor and place it in a bin.
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