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Where the World's Robots Are Made
A live geographic breakdown of commercial robotics — how many makers and how many models each country ships, sector by sector. Drawn directly from the Robolist.ai market, not a third-party market report. Free to read, cite, and share.
China leads with 43% of all listed models — ahead of United States and Germany. Industrial Arm is the largest single sector. 40 countries build commercial robots across 29 tracked sectors.
955
Robot makers
With a known HQ country
3,156
Models listed
Active & announced
40
Countries
Building commercial robots
29
Sectors
Tracked categories
The geography of robotics, by sector
Top 12 countries × top 10 sectorsCell shade = models listed for that country × sector. Hover a cell for both figures.
| Country | Industrial Arm | Warehouse AMR | Cobot | Humanoid | Cleaning | Research | Home Vacuum & Mop | Hospitality | Education | AGV | Other | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| China | 295 | 194 | 209 | 128 | 89 | 8 | 83 | 60 | 43 | 64 | 176 | 1,349 |
| United States | 39 | 84 | 21 | 42 | 23 | 52 | 27 | 14 | 33 | 2 | 224 | 561 |
| Germany | 137 | 20 | 31 | 16 | 6 | 14 | · | 4 | · | 8 | 28 | 264 |
| Japan | 125 | 11 | 27 | 12 | 8 | 24 | · | 8 | 2 | 1 | 40 | 258 |
| South Korea | 5 | 9 | 29 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 10 | 8 | · | 12 | 87 |
| Switzerland | 24 | 2 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 7 | · | · | · | · | 25 | 74 |
| France | 6 | 16 | 5 | 4 | · | 5 | · | 2 | 4 | 7 | 22 | 71 |
| Canada | 15 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 3 | · | · | 3 | 7 | 11 | 60 |
| Spain | · | 15 | · | 4 | · | 3 | · | 2 | 2 | 3 | 20 | 49 |
| Taiwan | 8 | 8 | 15 | 2 | · | 2 | · | 2 | 5 | · | · | 42 |
| Denmark | 2 | 11 | 15 | · | 2 | 1 | · | · | 1 | · | 7 | 39 |
| Sweden | 3 | · | 3 | 2 | · | · | · | · | · | 2 | 29 | 39 |
| Other | 38 | 42 | 10 | 25 | 31 | 10 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 12 | 75 | 263 |
| Total | 697 | 423 | 381 | 244 | 166 | 135 | 116 | 110 | 109 | 106 | 669 |
Who leads each sector
The countries shipping the most models in each sector, by share of that sector.
Industrial Arm
697 models- China42%
- Germany20%
- Japan18%
Warehouse AMR
423 models- China46%
- United States20%
- Germany5%
Cobot
381 models- China55%
- Germany8%
- South Korea8%
Humanoid
244 models- China52%
- United States17%
- Germany7%
Cleaning
166 models- China54%
- United States14%
- Luxembourg5%
Research
135 models- United States39%
- Japan18%
- Germany10%
Home Vacuum & Mop
116 models- China72%
- United States23%
- Hong Kong2%
Hospitality
110 models- China55%
- United States13%
- South Korea9%
Education
109 models- China39%
- United States30%
- South Korea7%
AGV
106 models- China60%
- Germany8%
- Canada7%
How to read this
- Geography is by maker HQ. A robot is attributed to the headquarters country of the company that builds it — not where it's sold or deployed.
- One sector per model. Each model is counted in its primary commercial category. See the methodology for how categories are assigned.
- Active market only. Counts reflect active and announced models from live, non-test company profiles with a known country. Tail countries and sectors are folded into "Other."