In 2025, around an additional 16,000 units of humanoid robots were installed worldwide, with China alone accounting for more than 80% of the installations.AGIBOT topped the global list of vendors with the highest number of annual humanoid robot installations, followed by Unitree, UBITECH, Leju and Tesla. The top five enterprises accounted for a 73% share.The cumulative installations of humanoid robots are projected to exceed 100,000 units by 2027.In terms of applications, logistics, manufacturing and automotive will represent 72% of the annual installations in 2027.Seoul, Beijing, Berlin, Buenos Aires, Fort Collins, Hong Kong, London, New Delhi, Taipei, Tokyo – Jan 14, 2025
China does have unemployment but it’s rare that it results in homelessness due to how cheap it is to live there. There’s also the fact that China has mandated plots of family land for every individual to prepare their own lodging on. I know a person that had their Hukou visa expire for a smaller regional city and they lived in a yurt in Inner Mongolia for a little while on their government mandated plot while they saved money to build a house on it. Not great, but it’s a place they are legally allowed to do such a thing for no cost. Each plot also already has electric and water hookups. If you really wanted to you could just vegetate on a little plot like that somewhere and grow your own food
China does have unemployment, but it doesn’t have an unemployment problem. Generally, people who are unemployed, are doing it by choice. Some people decide delaying joining the workforce because they want to get higher education, and they can be more picky about choosing jobs. Other people are between jobs. And the point you make regarding housing and access to basic necessities is the key part I think. This is basically what people advocate for in the west when they talk about basic income. It’s not the ideal lifestyle, but you’re not living on the street, and you have your needs met even if you aren’t working.
China does have unemployment but it’s rare that it results in homelessness due to how cheap it is to live there. There’s also the fact that China has mandated plots of family land for every individual to prepare their own lodging on. I know a person that had their Hukou visa expire for a smaller regional city and they lived in a yurt in Inner Mongolia for a little while on their government mandated plot while they saved money to build a house on it. Not great, but it’s a place they are legally allowed to do such a thing for no cost. Each plot also already has electric and water hookups. If you really wanted to you could just vegetate on a little plot like that somewhere and grow your own food
China does have unemployment, but it doesn’t have an unemployment problem. Generally, people who are unemployed, are doing it by choice. Some people decide delaying joining the workforce because they want to get higher education, and they can be more picky about choosing jobs. Other people are between jobs. And the point you make regarding housing and access to basic necessities is the key part I think. This is basically what people advocate for in the west when they talk about basic income. It’s not the ideal lifestyle, but you’re not living on the street, and you have your needs met even if you aren’t working.