What is Unitree and why are China’s humanoid robot makers racing to list?

Unitree said its retail tranche was ​more than 8,000 times oversubscribed, underscoring intense investor enthusiasm in China for humanoid robotics.

The Hangzhou-based humanoid robot maker is set to become the first onshore-listed humanoid robot company in mainland China

The Chinese company will be the first to market in a wave of new humanoid-robotics IPOs.

Shanghai-based AgiBot surpassed the output of fellow Chinese robot maker Unitree in the first half of the year.

China’s AgiBot has surpassed its domestic rival Unitree Robotics to become the world’s largest humanoid robot vendor in the first half of 2026, according to new research, as both industry heavyweights prepare for public listings amid a physical AI boom. Shanghai-based Agibot captured 44 per cent of the global market af