What makes this city the “global high ground” for embodied robots?

What makes this city the “global high ground” for embodied robots?

The same layout of the humanoid robot track, why some regions have always been trapped in the “fragmentation” predicament, it is difficult to form industrial synergy, but Shenzhen can stand out? Shenzhen can stand out in the humanoid robotics track, to achieve a high density of machine enterprises gathered, efficient through the core components from the R & D to the scene landing application of the whole industry chain, one of the core reasons is its long-term precipitation of the three major support: the whole chain of resource synergies, technology transformation scene closed loop, precise ecological empowerment guarantee, these three core pillars together to build the unique industrial advantages of Shenzhen.

The upcoming FAIR plus2026 conference is the window for these advantages to be centrally displayed. A group of Shenzhen's local humanoid robotics enterprises will collectively shine, from industry leaders to innovative newcomers, their technical achievements and commercialisation strength, which is the vivid evidence of Shenzhen's three core supports, and further solidifies Shenzhen's leading position in the industry.

Shenzhen's industrial advantage is not by chance, but from its construction of technology, resources, scene precise adaptation, in-depth integration of the industrial ecosystem, this set of support for enterprises from the beginning of the budding to the scale of the system, the core relies on the three core pillars, specific can be disassembled into the following three points.

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Ecology Demystified: What are the three core pillars that support cluster development?

The gathering of Shenzhen's humanoid robotics industry is no accident, and its essence is the precise adaptation and deep integration of technology, resources and scenes. After years of precipitation, a set of ecological system to support enterprises from start-up to growth has taken shape, but the three core pillars behind, why can form an irreplaceable competitiveness, become the preferred soil for enterprises to take root and grow?

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The first pillar is “Resource synergies across the chain. Humanoid robot research and development involves joint control, AI algorithms, sensing technology and dozens of sub-fields, a single enterprise is difficult to cover the whole link. A seamless system of “R&D - components - machine - application” has been formed here. In Shenzhen Robotics Valley, nearly 100 robotics companies, such as Ubiquiti and Yuejiang Technology, as well as top research institutes, such as Tsinghua University's Shenzhen International Graduate School and the Shenzhen Institute of Advanced Studies of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, have gathered, resulting in the formation of the "Robotics Valley".“Up and downstairs is upstream and downstream, and the industrial park is the industrial chain.”The unique ecology. Within a radius of 10 kilometres can be completed from the core components to the whole machine mass production of the whole process of the closed loop, the head of the enterprise localisation rate of more than 90%, the localisation rate exceeded 60%, such a complete industrial chain in the global scope is relatively scarce, so that the efficiency of technology iteration and industrial transformation multiplied.

The second pillar is “Closing the loop on technology transformation scenariosThe Shenzhen and district governments have introduced a series of support policies to promote the application of robotics. For example, Longgang and Bao'an districts have collected and published lists of opportunities for scenarios and lists of capabilities of robotics-related universities and enterprises. On this basis, Nanshan District has also expanded the scope of the “List of Commander-in-Chief” to collect scene requirements for the whole country, and robotics application pain points can come to Nanshan to “send the list”. Nanshan District, enterprises undertake and identified as a new scene to expand the research project, you can get up to 5 million yuan of support for research and development. Only robotics industry-wide links will FAIR plus2025 at the same time a, organised 15 demand docking, the scene directly into a government-funded record order 33 million yuan.

The third pillar is “Precision Ecological Empowerment GuaranteeAll along, the Shenzhen government has been focusing on building an industrial ecology. Universities, new R&D institutions, science and innovation communities, industry associations and other diversified subjects and enterprises upstream and downstream of the industrial chain together weave an organic network. For example, the Shenzhen Robotics Association, the earliest robotics association in China, is one of the very active ecological organisers. The association has nearly 900 member enterprises, provides policy consultation and other services for the government all year round, organises brand activities such as supply and demand, production and research, and industry-financing docking, etc.; and creates the world's first robot development FAIR plus and AIR Design House, a global service centre for robot development and selection, etc., which provides a lot of innovative and practical experience for promoting industrial development.

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Corporate validation: what is the symbiosis of core forces that confirms ecological resilience?

The value of quality ecology depends on the growth of enterprises. The exhibitors at FAIR plus2026 cover the whole industry chain in multiple dimensions, each standing firm on the track with differentiated advantages, among which Shenzhen humanoid robotics enterprises including Ubiquitous, Interdynamics, and Leju Robotics have formally confirmed their participation in the exhibition, and have collectively shown their swords. The technological breakthroughs and commercialisation achievements of these core enterprises are the best evidence of Shenzhen's ecological resilience, and their growth trajectory also hides the key answer to ecological empowerment.

- UbiquitousAs “China's first stock of humanoid robots”, its industrial humanoid robot Walker S2 is equipped with autonomous power-switching technology, with more than 500 units to be delivered in 2025 and nearly 1.4 billion yuan of orders for the whole year, and has already realised the synergy of multiple units working in the automobile factories, which demonstrates a strong capability of industrialisation.

- interpersonal dynamicsLimX COSA system, which is self-developed, has built up a complete technology stack of “ontology-cerebellum-brain”, enabling robots to “think and work at the same time”, and its products are exported to more than 50 countries and regions around the world, with its technology output capability covering the global market.

- CrowdRock Robotics: With the world's first humanoid robot front-flip breakthrough results, highlighting the top strength in joint modules, motion control algorithms, and become a typical representative of humanoid robot motion performance breakthroughs.

Photo credit: Ubiquiti

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Photo credit: CrowdRock Robotics

- Frontier Technology: China's first share of collaborative robots, incubated from the Shenzhen Institute of Advanced Technology of the Academy of Sciences, has always been rooted in the Robot Valley ecosystem, humanoid robotics technology and precision assembly, material handling and other industrial scenarios of the depth of the binding, is the epitome of the Shenzhen industrial chain of synergistic development.

- Parsini perceptionFocusing on the research and development of haptic sensing technology, we have developed an advanced haptic sensing system that enables robots to accurately “sense” the external environment, filling the technical gap in the field of haptic sensing for humanoid robots.

- Stardust Intelligence: Specialises in motion control technology, while deeply integrating humanoid robots with artificial intelligence, giving the machines stronger environmental understanding and autonomous learning capabilities, and providing core support for the enhancement of robotic motion performance and intelligence levels.  

- RoboticsThe third-generation full-size robot “Kuaifu” has a domestic production rate of over 95%, its business covers multiple tracks of consumer-grade, education-grade and industrial-grade, and it has recently broken the bottleneck of the industry's scale landing with the country's first industrial embodied software platform “Taskor”. The company will ship thousands of full-size robots by 2025 and lay out ecological scenarios such as home service and health care.

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- 智平方: Its research and development of Aibao robot fusion of domestic self-research big model, with fine operation ability, has been in the industrial flexible manufacturing, public service and other scenes to achieve the real application.

- automatonThe “Quantum 1” humanoid robot was launched, demonstrating the complex task of autonomously making a scented sachet, which fully demonstrated the effectiveness of the basic model of embodied intelligence in actual scenarios.

- Digital ChinaIts Xiaolan S02 humanoid robot has been commercially deployed, supporting users to independently select LLM providers and adapting to multiple scenarios such as exhibitions, office buildings, shopping malls, etc. Its core strengths lie in its emotion recognition and user memory functions.

- Deeming Robotics:In 2025, FastUMI Pro, a revolutionary multimodal ontology-free data acquisition hardware and software system, will be released, providing a disruptive solution for the field of embodied intelligence with world-leading spatial vision accuracy, combined with the comprehensive advantages of “lower cost, higher data quality, and faster deployment. The FastUMI Pro provides a set of disruptive solutions for the field of body intelligence.

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- Cyborg (name): Cutting into the humanoid robotics track with innovative technology concepts, exploring new possibilities in product forms and application scenarios.

- Diamant Robotics: Rapid growth in niche areas by virtue of differentiated technology solutions, injecting diversified vitality into industrial development.

Photo credit: Cyborg Robotics

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- Elephants AntaresFocusing on the R&D and manufacturing of super-simulation humanoid robots, the company has created the “Mars Beauty Robot” with 30+ degrees of freedom of face and limbs by virtue of the “bone-flesh combination” shaping technology and the cloud brain system, covering diversified scenarios such as attraction and marketing, consulting and guiding, etc., and has already realised mass production and sales. It has achieved mass production and sales, and is one of the few simulation robotics companies in the world with large-scale delivery capability. 

- Chemdragon, Japanese animation franchiseIt focuses on emotional companion humanoid robot track, researches AI brain controller, lightweight skeleton and other core components, provides OEM/ODM integrated solutions, and its products cover 6 major scenes, such as education, culture and tourism, recreation and health care. 

- behavioural intelligenceIt focuses on the research and development of robot behavioural decision-making and interaction algorithms, and provides efficient and intelligent behavioural control solutions for service, industrial and other scenarios by optimizing key technologies such as environment perception and action planning, so as to equip robots with a behavioural logic that is more in line with human habits.

- Smart FutureThe latest S2 intelligent humanoid robot launched this month is highly flexible, stable and adaptable, and can be widely used in business services, industrial assistance, education and training, and other diversified scenarios.

- Setting sail for the futureThe company is a potential enterprise in the field of emerging robotics, with business covering R&D, manufacturing and sales of intelligent robots, focusing on core categories such as industrial robots, service and consumer robots, as well as laying out artificial intelligence hardware and software development.

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Exhibition on the ground: what makes this event unlock global industry opportunities?

From ecological construction to enterprise symbiosis, the development logic of the humanoid robotics cluster is gradually becoming clearer, but why is the FAIR plus2026 conference the core vehicle for transforming this logic into global opportunities? In addition to demonstrating its strength, what irreplaceable value can the collective participation of Shenzhen's local forces, including many core enterprises, bring to the industry?

Here, you don't need to move from one industrial park to another, you can have a one-stop face-to-face meeting with many industry forces, have a close contact with the achievements of multiple categories from industrial-grade collaborative robots to consumer-grade emotional companion robots, and have a deeper understanding of the logic of development of the industrial agglomeration and the competitive advantages of differentiation of enterprises. Whether you want to explore the direction of technological innovation, docking high-quality supply chain resources, or explore commercial cooperation opportunities, you can find the answers here. 

This event effectively breaks down the barriers between regions and enterprises, transforms the individual advantages of enterprises into the overall influence of clusters, and allows global practitioners to touch the pulse of industrial development. Why is FAIR plus2026 not only a showcase for enterprises, but also an important window to decode the gathering code and seize future opportunities? The answer is hidden in this upcoming event.

Running to FAIR plus2026, face to face with Shenzhen humanoid robotics enterprises, unlocking the core logic of cluster development, and seizing the core opportunities on the eve of industrial outbreak.

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