{"id":14768,"date":"2026-01-29T21:33:38","date_gmt":"2026-01-29T21:33:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/chinas-humanoid-robot-sales-to-double-this-year-as-costs-fall-morgan-stanley\/"},"modified":"2026-01-29T21:33:38","modified_gmt":"2026-01-29T21:33:38","slug":"chinas-humanoid-robot-sales-to-double-this-year-as-costs-fall-morgan-stanley","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/chinas-humanoid-robot-sales-to-double-this-year-as-costs-fall-morgan-stanley\/","title":{"rendered":"China\u2019s humanoid robot sales to double this year as costs fall: Morgan Stanley"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.i-scmp.com\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/og_image_scmp_generic\/public\/d8\/images\/canvas\/2026\/01\/29\/061474b9-5cf1-4f68-b749-c46839b8813d_a05740f7.jpg?itok=whLDDLkf&amp;v=1769698310\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"><\/div>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">Morgan Stanley expects China&rsquo;s humanoid robot sales to grow 133 per cent to 28,000 units this year, while noting that falling production costs will gradually make owning robots more accessible.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">The US investment bank revised its forecast from the 14,000 units previously on the back of the rapid growth of the industry in the world&rsquo;s second largest economy.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">The cost of materials to produce robots in China, home to most of the industry&rsquo;s supply chain, was set to drop 16 per cent this year, the bank said. The consulting firm Bain &amp; Co, meanwhile, expects parts prices to decrease by roughly 70 per cent globally by 2035.<\/p>\n<div data-qa=\"InlineAdSlot-Container\" class=\"css-zl1inp e11v3ui14\">\n<div class=\"e11v3ui10 e11v3ui13 css-1evd7i0 e1flwkbl0\" data-qa=\"AdSlot-Container\">\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">This would lead to lower prices for humanoid robots &ndash; to around US$21,000 by 2050 from US$50,000 in 2024 &ndash; in middle and low-income countries, including China, according to Morgan Stanley.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">In rich nations like the US, the average price would decrease to US$75,000 from US$200,000 in the same period, it added.<\/p>\n<div data-qa=\"InlineAdSlot-Container\" class=\"css-zl1inp e11v3ui14\">\n<div class=\"e11v3ui10 e11v3ui13 css-117a6hs e1flwkbl0\" data-qa=\"AdSlot-Container\">\n<div class=\"internal-linking-related-contents\"><a href=\"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/12-weeks-jail-for-school-it-support-technician-who-took-upskirt-videos-of-teachers\/\" class=\"template-1\"><span class=\"cta\">News :<\/span><span class=\"postTitle\">&lt;div&gt;12 weeks' jail for school IT support technician who took upskirt videos of teachers&lt;\/div&gt;<\/span><\/a><\/div><p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">The US investment bank predicted humanoid installations would eventually become more pervasive. By 2036, some 25.4 million human-shaped machines would be in use, accounting for 2 per cent of the market that includes robotic arms and wheeled robots.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><sub>China&rsquo;s humanoid robot sales to double this year as costs fall: Morgan Stanley<\/sub><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Morgan Stanley expects China&rsquo;s humanoid robot sales to grow 133 per cent to 28,000 units this year, while noting that falling production costs will gradually make owning robots more accessible. The US investment bank revised its forecast from the 14,000 units previously on the back of the rapid growth of the industry in the world&rsquo;s&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link-wrap\"><a href=\"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/chinas-humanoid-robot-sales-to-double-this-year-as-costs-fall-morgan-stanley\/\" class=\"more-link\">Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &ldquo;China\u2019s humanoid robot sales to double this year as costs fall: Morgan Stanley&rdquo;<\/span> &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":14769,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14768","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14768","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14768"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14768\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14769"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14768"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14768"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14768"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}