The International Federation of Robotics (IFR) will publish on the 24th data
showing roughly 7,000 humanoid robots were sold worldwide in 2025, covering only
industrial and professional-service humanoids and excluding consumer, military
and medical units. The IFR, which has compiled industrial and service-robot
market data for almost 30 years, will for the first time report a separate
humanoid-sales figure. Under the IFR definition a humanoid must be human-shaped
(legs optional) and capable of autonomous operation in environments designed for
humans. IFR secretary-general Susan Biller said many 2025 humanoids are not
performing productive work but are being used by research institutes and
companies to generate data to refine AI models. Refinitiv reported on the 21st.