AgiBot had 110 full-size humanoid robots dance in sync for almost six minutes, a sign that robots are being built to work as coordinated fleets.
A Chinese robotics company called AgiBot had 110 full-size humanoid robots dance in sync in the city of Jinan, and it reportedly earned a Guinness World Records title for it. The routine ran for almost six minutes and included flips, jumps and changing formations.
The robots were AgiBot's Expedition A3 model. They made wave patterns and formed shapes that spelled out countdown numbers. AgiBot said every robot was a production unit, not a one-off show model. A control system called LinkBots, plus a radio positioning technology called ultra-wideband, kept them coordinated to the centimeter.
The title is for the most humanoid robots dancing at once. That is a separate category from the overall record of 1,372 small bots, set in 2018. So this is a record for full-size humanoids, not for robots in general.
The show is less about dancing and more about proving that one system can keep a large group of robots working together on a complex task. AgiBot says that system will power future deployments. It plans to put the A3 in public services, tourism, research and education. The next test is how the machines hold up around real people.
China is scaling up fast. By one count, it made more than 40,000 humanoid robots in the first half of 2026, across more than 400 models. Yearly output is expected to reach 100,000.
A smaller story shows where this could head. Microduck is a 10-inch robot duck from Pollen Robotics, part of Hugging Face. It costs $399 and is expected to ship by Christmas in North America and Europe. Preorders passed 20,000 after Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang showed it on stage. It has 15 motors, a camera and a depth sensor, and it can pick up light objects with its beak.
Figure AI, a US company, is also pushing ahead. Its CEO called the upcoming Figure 04 the "iPhone 1 of humanoids" and said the design is locked. The company has not shown the robot publicly.
The material does not say what the A3 costs, when it will be available, or where it will first be used. Humanoids are still mostly research products. A polished stage show with planned moves is also not the same as working safely in a crowded, unpredictable place.
Humanoid robots are starting to be built and run as fleets, and a $399 robot duck shows some may soon cost about as much as a gadget.
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