UBTECH's U1 female robot has a highly realistic bionic silicone skin. This bionic material not only feels close to that of a real person, but can also microscopically replicate details such as pores, blood vessels, and fingerprints, and can maintain a constant surface temperature of 37 degrees Celsius.
UBTECH’s UWORLD U1 hyper-real humanoid companion robots officially launched today.
1:1 male/female forms with 88 bionic joints, local encrypted emotional AI, priced ¥119,800 ($17,600) – ¥990,000 ($145,400).
Pre-orders smashed 11k units already — 10x last year’s full humanoid sales volume. Ships mid-September.
Built purely for emotional connection, not household chores.
UBTECH says the first-generation bionic robots are built around “emotional value,” mainly for single users and seniors over 60 who need companionship and care.
The goal is more natural human-robot interaction, emotional companionship, and basic life assistance.
They also showed more than 50 full-size hyper-realistic humanoid designs, with different male and female looks, body types, and heights from 1.60 m to 1.85 m.
That’s the bigger signal here: humanoid robots are starting to move from one standard body into personalized consumer products.
U1 is already open for pre-order on JD, with more than 13,361 orders so far.
UBTECH says it will push mass production and delivery, aiming to complete those 10,000+ orders this year.
Consumer humanoid robots just entered a real market test.
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