{"id":527326,"date":"2026-07-01T09:15:19","date_gmt":"2026-07-01T09:15:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/527326\/"},"modified":"2026-07-01T09:15:19","modified_gmt":"2026-07-01T09:15:19","slug":"ubtechs-lifelike-humanoid-robots-built-for-companionship-arriving-in-homes-across-china","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/527326\/","title":{"rendered":"UBTech\u2019s lifelike humanoid robots built for companionship arriving in homes across China"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>UBTech Robotics, the world\u2019s first publicly traded humanoid robot maker, has launched a consumer humanoid designed for personal companionship, featuring lifelike silicone skin and emotional artificial intelligence, as Chinese tech firms increasingly <a target=\"_self\" class=\"e1yy41x40 ef9u0v01 css-1ankfgb ecgc78b0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/news\/hong-kong\/hong-kong-economy\/article\/3356255\/hong-kong-open-first-convenience-store-operated-humanoid-robot-ai-push?module=inline&amp;pgtype=article\" title=\"\" data-qa=\"BaseLink-renderAnchor-StyledAnchor\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">transition robots<\/a> from the factory floor to the family living room.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">The U1, unveiled on Tuesday in Shenzhen, comes in male and female versions, standing 183cm and 168cm tall, respectively.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">The model is available in Lite, Pro and Ultra variants, priced from 119,800 yuan (US$17,650) to 990,000 yuan.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">It features 88 servo joints, a silicone exterior and an emotional AI model running locally on Rockchip\u2019s RK3588 processor. User data is stored on the device rather than uploaded to the cloud.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">Unlike most humanoid robots designed for industrial use, the U1 is intended for interaction with users in domestic settings.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">\u201cThe robot can hold conversations, maintain eye contact with users, and is available for sale only to adults,\u201d according to staff at the launch event.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"UBTech Robotics, the world\u2019s first publicly traded humanoid robot maker, has launched a consumer humanoid designed for personal&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":527327,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[20],"tags":[234,220,218,219,114,229,85687,61,60,16546,2395,33983,224462,2842,80,1188,224463,109554,9910],"class_list":["post-527326","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-artificial-intelligence","tag-agibot","tag-ai","tag-artificial-intelligence","tag-artificialintelligence","tag-china","tag-chinese","tag-figure-ai","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-jd-com","tag-morgan-stanley","tag-optimus","tag-rockchip","tag-shenzhen","tag-technology","tag-tesla","tag-u1","tag-ubtech-robotics","tag-unitree-robotics"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/527326","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=527326"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/527326\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/527327"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=527326"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=527326"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=527326"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}