At the 2026 Spring Festival Gala, many domestic robots, including brands such as Yushu Technology, Songyan Power, and Magic Atom, made a collective appearance and became the focus of attention that day. The appearance of the Spring Festival Gala also boosted the sales of various robots. JD.com data shows that the number of robot searches increased by more than 300% month-on-month within two hours of the Spring Festival Gala. Red Star News reporters noticed that the signature robot models of several companies on the platform have shown a surge in popularity.
In addition, several robots on stage also have new destinations. Red Star News reporters learned that the bionic Cai Ming, who appeared with Cai Ming in the Spring Festival Gala, was given to the real Cai Ming by Songyan Dynamics. The "Panda", the same model as the panda robot that Magic Atom debuted in Yibin, sold for a high price of 57,527 yuan, more than twice the original price.
▲At the 2026 Main Station Spring Festival Gala, Cai Ming performed a skit with a robot on the same stage. Standing next to her was a humanoid robot developed by Songyan Dynamics: a bionic humanoid robot with almost the same appearance and demeanor as hers. According to Visual China
"Fake Cai Ming" was given to the real Cai Ming
"Spring Festival Gala Panda" fetched high price
This year's Spring Festival Gala, Cai Ming, Wang Tianfang and several robots co-starred in the sketch "Grandma's Favorite". A bionic humanoid robot with almost the same appearance and demeanor as Cai Ming appeared together with her. "Cai Ming launched Cai Ming" became a hot search on Weibo. In the 1996 Spring Festival Gala 30 years ago, Cai Ming starred in a robot.
After the Spring Festival Gala, the whereabouts of "Bionic Cai Ming" also became a topic of discussion. Some netizens joked that it should be given to Guo Da, who performed with Cai Ming in 1996, to continue the sketch of that year.
On February 21, a Red Star News reporter learned from the robot manufacturer Songyan Dynamics that this "Bionic Cai Ming" had been presented to the real Cai Ming.
At the Yibin Branch of the Spring Festival Gala, the large-scale group control performance of hundreds of four-legged robots MagicDog in the shape of the "National Treasure Panda" attracted a lot of attention. At that time, Gu Shitao, co-founder of Magic Atom, said that in the future he would like to take these four-legged robots to sea in the shape of pandas and tell foreigners that "China really has a panda in its hands and can walk the streets with the panda."
Red Star News reporters learned from Magic Atom that on February 17, the "Spring Festival Gala National Treasure Panda Robot" was officially sold on the JD.com auction platform, and was finally sold at a price of 57,527 yuan. The buyer was a netizen from Beijing. The reporter noticed that the original MagicDog is priced at around 25,000 yuan.
▲The "Spring Festival Gala Version Panda Robot" was successfully auctioned
Year of the Horse Spring Festival Gala starts for 2 hours
JD robot search volume increased by more than 300% month-on-month
In addition, Red Star News reporters learned from JD.com that during the two-hour Spring Festival Gala of the Year of the Horse (20:00-22:00 on February 16), JD.com robot searches increased by more than 300% month-on-month, customer service inquiries increased by 460%, and order volume increased by 150%. The new orders cover more than 100 cities across the country, ranging from first-tier cities to large and small counties.
On the afternoon of the 21st, Songyan Power told Red Star News that after the Spring Festival Gala, Songyan Power’s brand awareness has indeed increased significantly. The most intuitive feeling is that the number of consultations has increased significantly.
A Red Star News reporter saw at Songyan Power’s flagship store that the lite version of Xiaobumi, Cai Ming’s youngest “grandson” in the sketch, was priced at 9,848 yuan after subsidies, which was less than 10,000 yuan. It also showed a 24-hour surge in popularity. Another robot that performs backflips, N2, sells for about 70,000 yuan, and its EDU version sells for about 100,000 yuan.
Over 6,000 people in the past week
A robot that sells for more than 200,000 yuanadd to the cart
On the 21st, Red Star News reporters noticed that many of Yushu’s robots have also surged in popularity recently. Yushu customer service stated that the Spring Festival Gala is an individually customized product, and the robots sold in the store are not the same model as the Spring Festival Gala. Customer service recommends purchasing G1 EDU U2, which is basically the same appearance as the Spring Festival Gala robot, but the movements of the Spring Festival Gala need to be developed separately. The reporter saw that the price of this G1 EDU U2 is as high as 209,000 yuan, showing that more than 6,000 people have added it to their shopping carts in the past week.
▲The sales page of a robot priced at over 200,000 yuan
Robot rental is also popular. The reporter learned from JD.com that on New Year's Eve, the search volume of "robot rental" on JD increased three times month-on-month, and the search volume of "Yushu Robot Rental" of the same brand robot during the Spring Festival Gala increased three times month-on-month. Compared with the selling price of tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands, the rental price of these robots is very affordable. In JD.com's self-operated rental flagship store, the daily rental price of Yushu and Zhiyuan's best-selling robot dogs starts as low as 78 yuan, and the daily rental price of Yushu U1 and Zhiyuan Lingxi X2 humanoid robots (including on-site engineer services) starts as low as 1,796 yuan.