elder care
Companionship and engagement in assisted living
Controlled demoVerified July 2026
- Control mode
- Mixed / assisted
- Human intervention
- Not disclosed
Research record R-026Limited delivery
GR-3
By Fourier · China · announced August 2025
Fourier's soft-shelled 'Care-bot': the first full-size humanoid marketed primarily as a companion rather than a worker.
Broader research scope
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Research summary
What the record says.
The GR-3 is Shanghai-based Fourier's third-generation humanoid and a deliberate break from the industry's warehouse obsession: 165 centimeters, 71 kilograms, wrapped in warm-toned soft materials, with expressive eyes and multimodal interaction aimed at companionship, rehabilitation support and assisted living. Fourier, which built its reputation in rehabilitation robotics, calls it a Care-bot.
China pre-sales opened in September 2025 with deliveries starting from October 2025, making GR-3 one of the few companion-positioned humanoids actually reaching customers, mostly institutional buyers. Pricing is murky: figures between roughly $27,500 and $80,000 circulate from third-party trackers, and Fourier publishes no official number. The robot made its US debut at CES 2026.
GR-3 pairs 55 degrees of freedom with a full-body touch-sensing skin concept and Fourier's rehabilitation heritage, a plausible foundation for care roles that remain, for now, demonstrations rather than validated clinical use.
Delivery evidence
Announcement is not arrival.
Manufacturer claim
Deliveries stated from October 2025; counts unpublished
Capability ledger
What has actually been shown?
3 material claims are separated by evidence setting and human involvement. The strongest recorded signal is Real-world demo; it does not automatically transfer to every row.
conversation
Multimodal conversation with emotional expression
Real-world demoVerified July 2026
- Control mode
- Autonomous
- Human intervention
- None claimed
entertainment
Interactive engagement and demonstrations
Real-world demoVerified July 2026
- Control mode
- Autonomous
- Human intervention
- None claimed
Hardware record.
- Height
- 165 cm
- Weight
- 71 kg
- Locomotion
- Bipedal walking
- Payload
- Care-interaction loads; figures unpublished
- Runtime
- Not disclosed
- Charging
- Dock
- Top speed
- Walking pace
- Degrees of freedom
- 55
- Hands
- Dexterous hands for interaction tasks
- Face / expression
- Expressive digital eyes and soft head design
- Sensors
- Vision, microphone array, full-body touch sensing (claimed)
Software record.
- AI platform
- Fourier interaction stack with LLM conversation
- Voice
- Multimodal conversation in Chinese; English shown at CES
- Languages
- Chinese, English
- Visual recognition
- Person recognition and tracking (claimed)
- Memory
- Personalization claimed
- Processing
- Hybrid onboard and cloud
- Autonomous abilities
- Interaction and navigation in controlled settings
- Teleoperation
- Supported for development; disclosure practices unpublished
- Software updates
- OTA
- Developer access
- SDK for institutional partners
Who can see, hear, or take control?
- Recording storage
- Not publicly documented
- Remote operation possible
- Yes
- Teleoperation disclosure
- Not documented
- Camera / microphone controls
- Not documented
- Data deletion
- Not documented
- Account required
- Institutional accounts
- Emergency stop
- E-stop expected from rehab heritage; consumer documentation absent
- Children and pets
- Soft-shell design marketed; no certification published
- Security updates
- Not documented
Open questions
Disputed or unverified.
- Price: figures from about $27,500 to $80,000 circulate with no official confirmation
Lifecycle record
Status history.
- Public demonstration
GR-3 unveiled as Care-bot
- Preorder
China pre-sale opens
- Limited delivery
Stated delivery start
- Limited delivery
US debut at CES 2026
Source register
2 linked sources.
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