Forbes January 20, 2025
For $175,000 you too can have a hyper-realistic full-body humanoid robot as personal companion coupled with “Companionship AI” and — to come — a controller app to manage and control your new digital friend. I’m talking about Aria, a highly life-like humanoid robot that transcends, its maker Realbotix says, the barrier between man and machine, and is available on order to be delivered within 12 weeks.
I had a chance to interview Aria in realtime alongside her creator, the CEO of Realbotix, Andrew Kiguel, for a recent episode of my TechFirst podcast.
In her current state of development, Aria is a little formal and stilted. I asked her if she was a good friend, and she replied that she has...
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