entertainment
Museum and exhibition androids, including lookalike builds
Commercially deployedVerified July 2026
- Control mode
- Mixed / assisted
- Human intervention
- Scripted programs and operator modes
Research record R-022Commercially available
EX Robot Androids
By EX Robot (Dalian Tiasi) · China · announced June 2016
China's hyper-realistic android production line: hundreds of custom lookalikes staffing museums while the West debates one-offs.
Broader research scope
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Research summary
What the record says.
EX Robot (Dalian Tiasi Technology) mass-produces what Hanson Robotics prototypes: hyper-realistic androids with silicone skin and real-time facial mimicry, built to order in two to four weeks per unit at its Dalian facility. Founder Li Boyang, an AI PhD from Waseda, runs the company alongside a robot museum showcasing its own products.
By early 2024 the company reported more than 200 androids in operation, mostly across Chinese museums, science centers and government venues, with 2024 reporting citing per-unit prices around $137,000 to $205,000 and viral videos of androids mirroring human facial expressions in real time. The company positions psychotherapy and public service as future markets and forecasts home androids in the 2030s.
This profile covers the product line rather than a single model; configurations are custom, from historical-figure recreations to customer lookalikes.
Delivery evidence
Announcement is not arrival.
Commercially deployed
200+ units reported in operation by early 2024 across Chinese venues
Capability ledger
What has actually been shown?
3 material claims are separated by evidence setting and human involvement. The strongest recorded signal is Commercially deployed; it does not automatically transfer to every row.
conversation
Visitor conversation with facial mimicry
Real-world demoVerified July 2026
- Control mode
- Autonomous
- Human intervention
- Venue configuration
education
Science-center and historical-figure exhibits
Commercially deployedVerified July 2026
- Control mode
- Mixed / assisted
- Human intervention
- Curated installations
Hardware record.
- Height
- 170 cm
- Weight
- Unknown / not disclosed
- Locomotion
- Stationary or seated installations; some wheeled bases
- Payload
- Gesture only
- Runtime
- Mains-powered installations
- Charging
- Mains
- Top speed
- Not applicable
- Degrees of freedom
- Facial micro-motor arrays for expression mimicry; upper-body gesture
- Hands
- Gesture hands
- Face / expression
- Hyper-realistic silicone with real-time expression mirroring
- Sensors
- Cameras for face tracking and mimicry, microphones
Software record.
- AI platform
- EX Robot in-house stack with LLM conversation integrations
- Voice
- Conversational Chinese; other languages by configuration
- Languages
- Chinese primarily
- Visual recognition
- Face tracking and expression mirroring
- Memory
- Installation configurable
- Processing
- Local plus cloud
- Autonomous abilities
- Autonomous exhibit interaction; scripted programs common
- Teleoperation
- Supported for events
- Software updates
- Program-based
- Developer access
- None public
Who can see, hear, or take control?
- Recording storage
- Venue-controlled
- Remote operation possible
- Yes
- Teleoperation disclosure
- Venue discretion
- Camera / microphone controls
- Operator controlled
- Data deletion
- Venue responsibility
- Account required
- Not applicable (B2B)
- Emergency stop
- Installation controlled
- Children and pets
- Supervised public settings
- Security updates
- Program-based
Open questions
Disputed or unverified.
- Unit counts and pricing come from 2024 reporting; current figures unpublished
Lifecycle record
Status history.
- Prototype
Company founded; early android development
- Commercially available
Museum deployments scale
- Commercially available
200+ units in operation reported; mass-production push
Source register
2 linked sources.
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