On August 19, 2026WRC officially kicked off at the Beijing Yizhuang Beiren Yichuang International Convention and Exhibition Center. More than 300 exhibiting companies brought over 150 new products for the first time, with an increase of 36% in exhibition scale and 21% in the number of new products compared to last year.

Unlike previous exhibitions that focused on cool special effects, the core keywords of this conference have become real-life scenarios. The trend of improving the quality and shifting gears of China's robotics industry has been fully demonstrated at this industry event.

Shift from showcasing skills to real homework

The core highlight of this exhibition is no longer eye-catching stunt performances, and major enterprises have shown their hardcore capabilities in mass production and delivery scenarios. The Beijing Humanoid Robot Innovation Center brings the world's first publicly unveiled lightweight Tiangong Omni humanoid robot, with a compact body weighing 39 kilograms and strong load capacity. The Tiangong 3.0 robot showcased on the same stage completed millisecond level synchronized dance, and also conducted extreme stress tests in commercial service, transportation, inspection, logistics and other scenarios on site. The team of soccer robots that accelerate the evolution of technology completes the entire process of dribbling, passing, and shooting. Ruiwei Technology showcases its intelligent airport luggage transfer solution, and Yunji Technology has provided 1.1 billion real services for landing products. The focus of the industry competition has shifted to mass production, payment, and scene adaptation capabilities.

Collaborative efforts across the entire industry chain exhibition area

The four exhibition halls of this conference form a complete display matrix of the entire industry chain. The Smart Innovation Hall gathers humanoid robot machines and innovation centers from all over the world. The Smart Cooperation Hall becomes a window for global robot supply chain competition. The Smart Manufacturing Hall focuses on showcasing core component enterprises, while the Smart Fun Hall focuses on public experience and fun interaction.

The octopus power belt comes from the research rope driven biomimetic skillful hand, integrating 28 independent controllable actuators to complete fine fingertip operations. The field of embodied intelligence has moved from single point technology optimization to system level breakthroughs. The latest data from the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology shows that from January to May 2026, the revenue of domestic robot enterprises above designated size exceeded 90 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 26.9%, and the process of industrial scale implementation has accelerated comprehensively.

Capital market preference shifts towards hardcore indicators

The long-term certainty of industry growth has been verified by institutions, and Morgan Stanley predicts that the Chinese robotics market will maintain an average annual growth rate of 23%, with a market size of $108 billion by 2028. The investment logic of the capital market has undergone a significant change, no longer blindly chasing concept popularity, but focusing on verifiable component yield, real scenario orders, and cash flow situations. In 2026, funds will mainly flow into upstream core components such as reducers driving dexterous hands and 3D vision, as well as enterprises that have already achieved stable scene implementation. Whole machine enterprises will upgrade to embodied system integration, and listed companies in segmented fields will fill the gaps in the industry chain through investment and mergers and acquisitions. Keywords: Robots, World Robot Conference

The Chinese robotics industry has officially bid farewell to the early stage of conceptual hype and entered a high-quality development cycle centered on real delivery and scene value, from the landing of products at the exhibition site to the shift in the direction of the capital market. The expansion speed of the industry will continue to accelerate in the coming years.Editor/Cheng Liting