GITEX GLOBAL is adding a dedicated robotics showcase to its December edition, with GITEX World RobotiX running from 8–11 December at Dubai Exhibition Centre, Expo City Dubai. The launch event will bring together robotics companies and embodied AI developers to demonstrate machines designed to perceive, reason and act in physical environments.
The timing tracks a sharp rise in global robot demand. More than 22,000 humanoid robots were shipped worldwide in the first half of 2026, a 300 per cent year-on-year increase, according to Counterpoint Research, with full-year shipments expected to exceed 50,000 units. Dubai’s own Robotics and Automation Program targets the deployment of 200,000 robots over ten years to 2032.
Unitree, which holds 31 per cent of the global humanoid market, will lead the exhibitor list. Other participants include UBTECH, whose robots are deployed in car factories and being tested by Airbus; AiMOGA, Chery Auto’s embodied AI brand; DEEP Robotics, known for quadruped machines; and UAE-based Micropolis Robotics, which supplies autonomous patrol robots to Dubai Police.
Several debuts are planned for the event. Lumos Robotics will make its Middle East debut with MOS 2, a wheeled AI worker with dual arms that can handle payloads of up to 50 kg and operate for more than eight hours continuously.
The company says first-generation MOS robots logged over 1,000 hours of failure-free operation at Mitsubishi Electric’s Changshu factory, covering material handling, quality inspection and screwdriving. Lumos will also show NIX S3, a humanoid with 21 degrees of freedom that will perform live.
Chinese firm Raydiculous, from the Chengdu Humanoid Robot Innovation Centre, will also make its Middle East debut with two robots: TP01, a commercial humanoid that communicates in English and Arabic, and DINOBOT, which the company describes as the world’s first intelligent bipedal walking bionic dinosaur. Light Origins, another Chinese developer, will give the first public showing of a bunny-shaped humanoid with hands-on household scenario demos.
UAE-based Mangobot will present a robotic workforce including general-purpose autonomous robots, multilingual receptionists and patrol units, while Lootah Robotics will showcase a range spanning humanoids, quadrupeds, cleaning robots and telepresence machines from manufacturers including Unitree, UBTECH and Pudu Robotics. Visitors will also be able to try wearable exoskeleton technology in person.
On the hardware and software side, JWIPC will launch robotic controllers built on NVIDIA’s Thor module, which the company says delivers up to 2,070 TFLOPS of FP4 computing performance. Physical AI software developer Songying Technology will demonstrate ORCA OS and ORCA Lab, a connected environment covering simulation, synthetic data generation, training, validation and deployment.
GITEX GLOBAL 2026, now in its 46th edition, opens with the GITEX Summit at Dubai World Trade Centre on December 7, before the main expo begins at Expo City Dubai alongside Expand North Star, the startup and investor showcase. The event draws more than 6,000 exhibitors and attendees from 180 countries.
