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  "slug": "omdia-humanoid-shipments-2025",
  "url": "https://whirrwork.com/research/stats/omdia-humanoid-shipments-2025/",
  "topic": "humanoids",
  "claim": "Analyst firm Omdia expected global humanoid robot shipments of about 13,000 units in 2025, as reported by TechNode.",
  "figure": {
    "value": 13000,
    "display": "about 13,000",
    "unit": "units (approx., analyst estimate)"
  },
  "scope": {
    "geography": "World",
    "period": "2025"
  },
  "measure": "third-party estimate",
  "confidence": "low",
  "source_type": "secondary",
  "source": {
    "type": "secondary",
    "kind": "Secondary press reporting an analyst report",
    "name": "Omdia (reported by TechNode)",
    "title": "China's AgiBot leads global humanoid robot shipments in 2025, Omdia says",
    "publisher": "TechNode",
    "published": "2026-01-09",
    "date_note": null,
    "url": "https://technode.com/2026/01/09/chinas-agibot-leads-global-humanoid-robot-shipments-in-2025-omdia-says/",
    "archive_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20260226004940/https://technode.com/2026/01/09/chinas-agibot-leads-global-humanoid-robot-shipments-in-2025-omdia-says/",
    "archived_at": "20260226004940",
    "primary_note": "Omdia, General-Purpose Embodied Robotics Market Radar (paywalled; not read by us)"
  },
  "accessed": "2026-10-25",
  "last_verified": "2026-10-25",
  "stale": false,
  "quote": null,
  "quote_note": "Not quoted: commercial news article; figure checked against the article text and paraphrased.",
  "caveats": [
    "Secondary source: we could not read the Omdia report. Omdia’s definition is broader than the IFR’s (about 6,900 sold)."
  ],
  "verification": "Figure found in the source text on the access date (automated match, then editorial review).",
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    "kind": "ok",
    "status": 200,
    "checked_at": "2026-10-25T16:31:53.880Z"
  },
  "release": null,
  "report_url": null,
  "license": "CC-BY-4.0",
  "attribution": "Whirrwork (https://whirrwork.com), CC BY 4.0",
  "citations": {
    "apa": "Whirrwork. (2026, October 25). Analyst firm Omdia expected global humanoid robot shipments of about 13,000 units in 2025, as reported by TechNode [Statistic]. Whirrwork Research. Retrieved October 25, 2026, from https://whirrwork.com/research/stats/omdia-humanoid-shipments-2025/",
    "chicago": "Whirrwork. “Analyst firm Omdia expected global humanoid robot shipments of about 13,000 units in 2025, as reported by TechNode.” Whirrwork Research. Published October 25, 2026. Accessed October 25, 2026. https://whirrwork.com/research/stats/omdia-humanoid-shipments-2025/.",
    "mla": "“Analyst firm Omdia expected global humanoid robot shipments of about 13,000 units in 2025, as reported by TechNode.” Whirrwork Research, Whirrwork, 25 Oct. 2026, whirrwork.com/research/stats/omdia-humanoid-shipments-2025/. Accessed 25 Oct. 2026.",
    "bibtex": "@misc{whirrwork_omdia_humanoid_shipments_2025,\n  author       = {{Whirrwork}},\n  title        = {{Analyst firm Omdia expected global humanoid robot shipments of about 13,000 units in 2025, as reported by TechNode}},\n  howpublished = {Whirrwork Research},\n  year         = {2026},\n  month        = oct,\n  url          = {https://whirrwork.com/research/stats/omdia-humanoid-shipments-2025/},\n  urldate      = {2026-10-25},\n  note         = {Original source: TechNode, China's AgiBot leads global humanoid robot shipments in 2025, Omdia says (2026-01-09). Licensed CC BY 4.0}\n}",
    "source_apa": "TechNode. (2026, January 9). China's AgiBot leads global humanoid robot shipments in 2025, Omdia says. https://technode.com/2026/01/09/chinas-agibot-leads-global-humanoid-robot-shipments-in-2025-omdia-says/"
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}