As the Chinese revolution in robotics just gained more steam,
Agibot , one of the most ambitious startups in the sector, has officially started sales of
six different robots on the JD.com platform, marking one of the widest launches ever seen in the industry.
The new line includes the YuanZheng A2 humanoid, the Lingxi X2, the Genie G1, the OmniHand robotic hand, the D1 robotic dog, and the JueChen C5 industrial model. The prices reveal a clear strategy of popularization and market dominance. The YuanZheng A2 humanoid robot costs around $27,000, the D1 robotic dog is priced around $5,000, and the OmniHand robotic hand designed for precision tasks sells for just $2,000.
According to Agibot, the products have applications ranging from personal assistance and home entertainment to industrial and educational operations; The move comes amid China's race toward full automation driven by national policies and multibillion-dollar investments. The decision to launch six categories simultaneously reflects a strategy to occupy different niches of the robotics market, from the common consumer to laboratories and factories.
China is the largest consumer and producer of robots on the planet, responsible for half of global industrial robot installations, this dominance is a direct result of the government's Made in China 2025 plan, which set aggressive goals to transform the country into the epicenter of global robotics.
The program seeks to increase the participation of robots manufactured in China from 31% in 2016 to more than 50%, promoting an industry that today already has more than 6 companies related to robotics and artificial intelligence, in addition to political support, the financial moment is extremely favorable; Robotics startups, both Chinese and international, raised more than $2.2 billion in the first quarter of 2025 alone, with giants like the American Figure AI raising $675 million and reaching a valuation of $39.5 billion.
Agibot itself, also known as C1 Robotics, had already raised 85,000,000 for the development of its Ray A1 humanoid, reinforcing investor confidence in its technical capacity. With the humanoid robot market projected to jump from 380,000,000 in 2024 to more than 41 billion by 2035, Agibot's offensive signals a new phase, the era of accessible, multi-functional and commercial-scale robots.
While here in the West we are still debating the risks and ethical limits of AI, over in the East, China seems to have taken the next step, turning robots with it into mass consumer products.
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