On Tuesday 28 July, the United States closed its market to new humanoid robots and robot dogs made outside the country. China builds most of the world’s humanoid robots, and Chinese machines are what it keeps out. Who it hits, and the part most reports skippedChina supplies roughly 85% of the world’s humanoid robots, on figures cited by the Associated Press. China produced about 20,000 humanoid robots in 2025 and more than 40,000 in the first half of 2026 alone, on official figures. It priced a Shanghai listing on 6 August that values the company at about $9 billion, roughly KES 1.16 trillion, the first time a Chinese humanoid maker has gone public.