It's summer. Driven by shopping mall shows, cultural tourism activities, and increased demand for family companionship, the robot rental market is entering a peak season. A CCTV financial reporter learned in an interview that some popular robots currently have to “take orders” for more than 20 shows a month. The head of the company said that the company's robot rental orders increased 30% year-on-year this year, and the categories have also gone from a single performance robot to include fighting robots, coffee robots, and bartending robots. The daily rent for humanoid robots has also dropped markedly. From the end of last year to the beginning of this year, the daily rent dropped from around 8,000 yuan to 2,000 to 3,000 yuan. As the market grows larger, robot rental services are also becoming more and more refined. Near a shopping mall in Beijing, a “robot ambulance” slowly arrived. After the vehicle stopped, robot maintenance engineer Liu Jingyang immediately inspected and repaired the robot dog that had just broken down. After tens of minutes of debugging, the robot dog recovered as before. It was able to sit down, stand up, and perform corresponding movements according to instructions. According to the data, as of April 2026, the stock of robot leasing related enterprises nationwide reached 153,000, and 38,200 new registered enterprises were added in 2025, an increase of 55.7% over the previous year. Some agencies predict that this year, the domestic robot rental market is expected to exceed 10 billion yuan.

It's summer. Driven by shopping mall shows, cultural tourism activities, and increased demand for family companionship, the robot rental market is entering a peak season. A CCTV financial reporter learned in an interview that some popular robots currently have to “take orders” for more than 20 shows a month. The head of the company said that the company's robot rental orders increased 30% year-on-year this year, and the categories have also gone from a single performance robot to include fighting robots, coffee robots, and bartending robots. The daily rent for humanoid robots has also dropped markedly. From the end of last year to the beginning of this year, the daily rent dropped from around 8,000 yuan to 2,000 to 3,000 yuan. As the market grows larger, robot rental services are also becoming more and more refined. Near a shopping mall in Beijing, a “robot ambulance” slowly arrived. After the vehicle stopped, robot maintenance engineer Liu Jingyang immediately inspected and repaired the robot dog that had just broken down. After tens of minutes of debugging, the robot dog recovered as before. It was able to sit down, stand up, and perform corresponding movements according to instructions. According to the data, as of April 2026, the stock of robot leasing related enterprises nationwide reached 153,000, and 38,200 new registered enterprises were added in 2025, an increase of 55.7% over the previous year. Some agencies predict that this year, the domestic robot rental market is expected to exceed 10 billion yuan.