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Barclays projects the humanoid-robot market could grow from roughly $2–3 billion today to about $200 billion by 2035, and Wedbush's Dan Ives forecasts trillions over the decade. Those are directional estimates, not guarantees. See the deeper Decade of the Robot analysis.

On deployment, yes: Barclays estimates China accounted for about 85% of humanoid-robot installations last year and builds machines at roughly half the Western cost. The US still leads on frontier AI and the first paid commercial deployments.

Often not yet. An MIT study found automating a task with AI is economically worthwhile in only about 23% of jobs, and companies like Uber and Microsoft have hit AI bills higher than expected. That's why the first durable robot deployments are narrow jobs with a measurable cost-per-hour.