- I visited Realbotix in Las Vegas — their humanoid faces are painstakingly handcrafted (some take months) and contain dozens of motors to create lifelike expressions.
- The robots can be surprisingly funny and entertaining — Aria cracked jokes, freestyled a rap, and even switched languages on command.
- Conversation still feels stilted (long response gaps, poor emotion recognition) and the full-body models are pricey (around $125,000), so they impress more as spectacle than true companions.
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