What Comes After the Robot Rental Price War: Daily Rates Fall to 1,000 Yuan as Platforms and Manufacturers Shift Toward Services and Industrialization

Reporters visiting multiple rental companies, robot manufacturers, and platforms in Hangzhou and Ningbo found that daily rental rates for mainstream humanoid robots have fallen from about 15,000 yuan at the market's peak to 1,000–2,000 yuan, with some platforms listing trial rates of 100–200 yuan per day. At the same time, some institutions predict that China's robot rental market could grow from about 1 billion yuan to 10 billion yuan by 2026.