WRC 2026: 300-Plus Companies Showcase Applications, Yet Technical Routes Remain Unsettled

WRC 2026 in Beijing brought together 373 companies, more than 3,000 products, and 311 product launches.

Robots demonstrated practical work including serving, cleaning, sorting, industrial handling, and repair tasks.

The showcase signals a shift from demonstrations toward commercial deployment, but key embodied-intelligence approaches for models, data, and training remain unsettled.

As the sector scales, these technical choices could determine which robotics companies gain an edge.