IT之家 October 9 news, according to a report today by《科创板日报》(STAR Market Daily), the robot rental market boosted by the 2025 Spring Festival Gala once made "a robot hard to find" the norm. However, since this year,the daily rent of humanoid robots has fallen sharply, dropping from the 10,000-yuan-level "daily pay" at the start of last year to 2,000 to 3,000 yuan at the beginning of this year.
The report said that the current daily rent of humanoid robots has already fallen below 1,000 yuan. Xianyu and other e-commerce platforms show that the starting rental price for Unitree Technology humanoid robots marked on some merchants' pages has fallen to 289 yuan / day。
ITHome inquiries found that in 2025 Unitree Robotics' robots performed on stage, and in 2026, 4 robot companies — MagicAtom, Unitree Robotics, Songyan Dynamics, and Galbot — appeared on the CCTV stage, pushing the popularity of humanoid robots to a new high again. Compared with buying robots at high prices, renting them at a lower price to try them out has become a new choice for many users, thus creating a new business opportunity.
In 2026/1, the world's first robot rental platform "Qingtianzu" announced it had completed its seed funding round. In the first week of 2026/2 (2/1 to 2/7), Qingtianzu's robot rental order volume grew by about 30% month-over-month.
