Two months to robots: the July 15 timeline

Speaking from Beijing on 27 May 2026, President Aleksandar Vučić attached a concrete date to the robot plan: humanoid-robot assembly would begin in Serbia by 15 July 2026. “In two months, we will have humanoid robots. No one else in Europe has them,” he said.

The commitment

The 27 May statement bundled several specifics:

• assembly to start by 15 July 2026;
• 500 Serbian workers to receive specialised training in China;
• robots to feature at Expo 2027 in Belgrade;
• later phases to add data factories and AI integration.

In two months, we will have humanoid robots. No one else in Europe has them.

What a date does — and doesn't — pin down

A firm date is useful precisely because it is checkable. But it is worth being clear about what “begin assembly by 15 July” means and does not mean: it points to a start of assembly operations, not to full-rate output of 1,000–2,000 units, and not to a finished, staffed plant running at capacity. Start dates for projects of this kind commonly move, and this one is worth watching rather than banking.

How we'll track it

Rojium follows the robotics market in the region, so this is a commitment we will return to: did assembly begin on or near the stated date, at what location and volume, and how much of the training and Expo plan followed through. We report movement against the date as it happens, in later updates rather than by rewriting this one.

Sources

• N1 — Vučić: Humanoid robot production to begin in Serbia by July 15