A conventional industrial robot gets by with seven joints. A humanoid needs more than 40. Every one of them takes a motor, a gearbox, a bearing and a sensor. Europe builds hardly any finished humanoids, but humanoid robot parts are another matter.

Look at who is shipping. Around 19,100 humanoids were delivered in the first half of 2026, and China supplied 97% of them, according to Smart Analytics Global data published in August. Shanghai-area Agibot alone delivered 8,400. Tesla, Figure AI and........

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