Smart robot hands reduce prices, global humanoid robot market size will exceed 20 billion yuan.

The application scenarios of humanoid robots are constantly expanding, which has also driven the upstream industry chain to increase the production and research and development of consumer products. A batch of new components and materials for the consumer market are accelerating to be implemented. In a research and development laboratory for robot dexterous hands, engineer Huang Junlin is conducting AI training on a six-degree-of-freedom dexterous hand designed for home use. Unlike industrial scenarios, home scenarios have higher requirements for the weight, cost, and ease of use of dexterous hands. The head of the company told reporters that the cost of a dexterous hand accounts for about 10% to 15% of the total cost of humanoid robots, and currently, the price of a single dexterous hand has dropped from the early 100,000 yuan level to within tens of thousands of yuan. In response to the increasing orders from the consumer end, the company is adjusting and expanding production lines. It is projected that the global humanoid robot market size will exceed 20 billion yuan by 2026. The outbreak of humanoid robots on the consumer end is driving the accelerated formation of a new supply chain ecosystem for biomimetic skin, touch sensors, flexible materials, and more. In a new material company in Jiaxing, Zhejiang province, CCTV financial reporters learned that the third generation electronic skin products have achieved multi-modal perception and real-time feedback capability. Currently, their tactile sensing products have been delivered in over 20,000 sets, and a new production line for mass production has also been established.