This Could Be Your AI Robot Girlfriend — For $175,000
If the movie Her piqued your interest in an AI partner, a company at CES 2025 is willing to sell you a robot girlfriend — if you have $175,000 to spare.
Realbotix is an American firm with a range of AI robots that it claims can fulfill a variety of roles, including acting as a brand representative at a sales booth, as a companion for an elderly person or even as a romantic partner “to tackle the staggering loneliness epidemic.”
The robots range from a $12,000 bust — basically a talking head and shoulders that you might place on a table — to the top-of-the-range Aria, shown above. It’s a $175,000 model that can move its limbs and moves around on a circular plinth, like a mannequin riding a Roomba vacuum cleaner. There’s even a mid-range model costing $150,000 that can be disassembled and packaged into a suitcase to take with you.
Realbotix CEO Andrew Kiguel told me the company’s mission is to “create robots that are indistinguishable from humans.” The robots can be configured as either male or female, and the company claims it can even replicate historical figures or celebrities.
