a “companion”<\/a> designed to offer emotional connection rather than physical intimacy. <\/p>\nThe model boasts \u201cAdvanced Body Mobility,” complex eye tracking, object recognition, and the ability to integrate third-party AI like ChatGPT. It can also be customised almost endlessly, with modular parts that users can swap out to build their ideal companion. <\/p>\n
The robot comes in different price points. The one without a body and just a head and torso starts at $10,000 (\u20ac9,700), another that “comes apart like Lego” for travel costs $150,000 (\u20ac147,000), and an AI-powered robot with a full body that can move around starts at $175,000 (\u20ac170,000).<\/p>\n
Though pitched as a potential partner \u2013 romantic or otherwise \u2013 Realbotix says Aria is meant for emotional support and human-facing roles, not physical intimacy. <\/p>\n
Asked if the robot was a sex robot, CEO Andrew Kiguel told Euronews Next it was not and that you would be electrocuted if you tried.<\/p>\n
Spicerr: The first AI-powered spice dispenser<\/p>\n
Ever find yourself dumping half the spice rack on your dinner and instantly regretting it on the first bite?<\/p>\n
Well, a new food tech gadget called Spicerr uses AI to detect exactly how much spice you would need for a recipe and dispenses it from capsules \u2013 meaning no need for spoons and spice pots.<\/p>\n
According to the manufacturer, it “adapts spices and recipes to your favourite flavours to create a personalised cooking experience.”<\/p>\n
Smart Lipstick: Hands-free lipstick application<\/p>\n
Ever wished your lipstick could just\u2026 apply itself, especially on those mornings when your hands are shaking after you’ve downed one too many espressos? <\/p>\n
Grupo Botic\u00e1rio\u2019s Smart Lipstick prototype takes that idea and runs with it. <\/p>\n
It uses AI, computer vision and a tiny robotic arm to map your lips and paint them perfectly \u2013 all in about two minutes.<\/p>\n
Check out the video in the web player above to see these quirky devices in action.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"From major leaps in artificial intelligence (AI) to rapid growth in robotics and next-gen hardware, 2025 has been…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":336531,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[20],"tags":[554,733,4308,24338,86,56,54,55,5793],"class_list":["post-336530","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-artificial-intelligence","tag-ai","tag-artificial-intelligence","tag-artificialintelligence","tag-robot","tag-technology","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom","tag-video"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/336530","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=336530"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/336530\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/336531"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=336530"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=336530"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=336530"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}