Local Governments Become Major Robot Customers: The Funding Loop and Data Price Collapse Behind the Boom of 70 Training Grounds

The article examines how local governments have become the largest buyers of robots: by the end of June 2026, more than 70 embodied intelligence training grounds had been built nationwide, with 46 under construction or planned, covering 18 provincial-level administrative regions; from 2024 to June 2026, localities issued more than 40 related policies in total.