Robots took turns appearing in Spring Festival Gala sketches, martial arts, songs and other programs, becoming the visual focus throughout the entire evening party.When they run a marathon, kick their legs or even complete a backflip, they not only demonstrate their amazing athletic abilities, but also quietly reveal a deeper national strategy - China has placed robots and artificial intelligence at the core of "AI+ manufacturing", hoping to increase productivity through automation technology and cope with the social pressure brought by aging.
According to statistics from Omdia, a global technology market research organization, global humanoid robot shipments in 2025 will be approximately 13,000 units, of which China will account for as much as 90%, leaving foreign rivals including Tesla Optimus far behind.
In such a market that is still in its infancy, attention itself is the scarcest resource. The Spring Festival Gala has become the most intuitive and effective "publicity" window - through a high-exposure platform, these robots used an easy-to-understand performance to complete the mental occupation of hundreds of millions of viewers.
Morgan Stanley, a top Wall Street investment bank, predicts that sales of humanoid robots in China will grow to 28,000 units in 2026. Tesla CEO Elon Musk has also admitted that it is Chinese companies that are most likely to challenge Tesla in the future.
In fact, this integration of technology and culture has gradually heated up in the past two years. In the 2025 CCTV Spring Festival Gala, Yushu Technology became an instant hit with "Yangyang BOT".
2026 Year of the Horse Spring Festival Gala,The robot element has been further expanded - four companies, Yushu Technology, Magic Atom, Galaxy General, and Songyan Dynamics, have made a collective appearance. Programs such as "Wu BOT" once again ignited the enthusiasm of the audience, and the path for humanoid robots from "novelty" to "normality" has become increasingly clear.
