IFR: Global Industrial Robot Stock Tops Five Million as Humanoid Hype Faces Market Reality
The IFR’s annual World Robotics report shows the global industrial robot operational stock rose 9% to 5.08 million units in 2025 with 603,000 new installations, while separately confirming only 7,000 humanoid robots were sold, as Boston Dynamics shelves a listing and Chinese regulators slow humanoid IPOs following Unitree’s post-debut collapse.
