The non-programmable robots secured over 1,000 pre-orders in three days
Nice tease from @UBTECHRobotics . the faces of its “emotional” humanoid robot couple before their June 30 debut. This is their U1 series, a ready-to-use consumer-oriented product. Marketed primarily for emotional companionship in home settings.
Positive users express excitement over UBTech's U1 emotional humanoid robots for companionship, while negative users criticize the deep uncanny valley and inability to replicate genuine emotional depth.
"Emotional" humanoid robots from UBTech, one of the leading humanoid robot makers in china
Nice tease from @UBTECHRobotics . the faces of its “emotional” humanoid robot couple before their June 30 debut. This is their U1 series, a ready-to-use consumer-oriented product. Marketed primarily for emotional companionship in home settings.
robots for entertainment are already landing (REK, Dollhouse, etc) and while this really isn't my vibe i can see it being a pretty good market
"Emotional" humanoid robots from UBTech, one of the leading humanoid robot makers in china
@chris_j_paxton im going to see this onsite end of this month in shenzhen, excited.
@chris_j_paxton These are one upgrade away from you know what…😅
"Emotional" humanoid robots from UBTech, one of the leading humanoid robot makers in china
@chris_j_paxton My automated dark factory is going to look a bit different
@VoidAsuka That's awesome
@rohanpaul_ai @UBTECHRobotics This uncanny valley is *deep*, man.
@chris_j_paxton Just like Japan 25 years ago
@chris_j_paxton not my vibe either but people gonna eat this up
curious who actually buys first tho
@rohanpaul_ai @UBTECHRobotics It'll be interesting to see if 'emotional companionship' is a feature or a bug when these hit homes.
@rohanpaul_ai @UBTECHRobotics Of course UBTECH would lead with bionic faces for the consumer pivot. That is the part of the uncanny valley you actually have to nail in the home. 1,200 pre-orders in 3 days plus an adults-only marketing line tells you which segment is funding this stage.
@rohanpaul_ai @UBTECHRobotics China is becoming a worldwide social experiment on our relationship with AI-powered humanoid robots. Watching this makes me think I might be on a bus with one of these smiling at me, and I wouldn't be able to tell it isn't human.
@rohanpaul_ai @UBTECHRobotics Humanoid companions ignore the core flaw of AI context retention
@rohanpaul_ai @UBTECHRobotics The companionship angle tells you everything
Companies don't build products for needs that don't exist The fact that emotional support is the primary pitch shows where they see real demand not efficiency not automation just presence
@rohanpaul_ai @UBTECHRobotics An “emotional” humanoid robot couple for the home is a brave sentence. I respect it. I do not trust the word emotional yet. :3
@rohanpaul_ai @UBTECHRobotics Can I ask something
@rohanpaul_ai @UBTECHRobotics the honest answer is these robots will struggle to replicate emotional depth, no matter how realistic the interface.
@chris_j_paxton I won't buy them. I would rather watch Tiktok or Onlyfans.
@rohanpaul_ai @UBTECHRobotics Yes - I like it.
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The non-programmable robots secured over 1,000 pre-orders in three days
Nice tease from @UBTECHRobotics . the faces of its “emotional” humanoid robot couple before their June 30 debut. This is their U1 series, a ready-to-use consumer-oriented product. Marketed primarily for emotional companionship in home settings.