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China Robot Lead Times in 2026: Actual Timelines by Robot Type, Brand, and Order Size

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Methodology: How the China Robot Price & Lead-Time Index Is Built

How the China Robot Price Index is built: official tariff schedules plus aggregated, anonymized sourcing data, reported as dated quarterly bands by tr…

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Cobot vs full-size humanoid for a factory pilot: cobots are mature, standardized, shorter-lead and the largest catalog track, while humanoids are emer…

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Cost per Payload Kilo: Comparing Robot Arms by $/kg of Rated Payload

Cost per payload kilo normalizes robot arm quotes: unit price divided by rated payload in kg. Compare a 3 kg cobot against a 220 kg-class arm on one a…

China Robot Lead Times by Track, Q3 2026: Cobot vs 6-Axis vs AMR vs Humanoid

China robot lead times are a band by track: cobots and SCARA shortest, 6-axis mid, AMRs add battery dangerous-goods handling, humanoids longest. Quote…

Incoterms for Robot Imports: EXW vs FOB vs CIF vs DDP, and Which Protects a First-Time Buyer

Incoterms for importing robots compared: EXW, FOB, CIF, DAP and DDP, who bears freight, duty and VAT, and why FOB or CIF best protects a first-time ro…

HS Codes for Robots: 8479.50, 8428.70 and Where Cobots, AMRs and Humanoids Classify

HS codes for importing robots: cobots and 6-axis arms near 8479.50, warehouse AMRs under 8427/8428.70. A track-by-track classification map with offici…

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A worked example of the landed cost of a Chinese industrial robot: FOB + freight + duty + VAT + clearance, with a $24,000 6-axis arm into the EU landi…

The China Robot Price Index, Q3 2026: What Cobots, AMRs, Humanoids and 6-Axis Arms Actually Cost to Import

The quarterly China Robot Price Index, Q3 2026: landed-cost premium (FOB + 18–35%), HS codes, duty by region and lead-time bands by track for importin…

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The quarterly China Robot Price & Lead-Time Index plus free, browser-based landed-cost and cobot-spec tools. Bands by track, every figure sourced or f…