conversation
Personalized conversation with persistent memory
Public 'Ask Aria' web version launched September 2025
Real-world demoVerified July 2026
- Control mode
- Autonomous
- Human intervention
- None in AI mode; operator modes exist
Research record R-007Limited delivery
Aria
By Realbotix · United States · announced January 2025
The hyper-realistic android that stole CES 2025, now actually shipping in small numbers to customers including Ericsson.
Broader research scope
This is a research record, not a curated recommendation.
The main field guide selects 14 companion robots for deeper review. This entry belongs to a separate 53-record index that also covers industrial, research, and developer systems.
Research summary
What the record says.
Aria is Realbotix's flagship humanlike android: silicone skin, humanlike facial articulation, eye contact, and AI conversation designed for connection rather than chores. She debuted at CES 2025 with a wave of coverage quoting $175,000 for the full-bodied version, and returned at CES 2026 as, in company framing, the world's first AI robot board advisor.
Realbotix, the publicly traded descendant of the RealDoll robotics project (TSXV: XBOT), has since formalized its lineup into three tiers: the B-Series bust from $20,000, the M-Series modular from $95,000 and the F-Series full body on a wheeled base from $125,000, with a $199.99 per month software subscription. Faces are swappable and appearances customizable.
Unusually for this category, deliveries are documented: a humanoid staffing a Las Vegas ticket kiosk since August 2025, 19 ordered robots scheduled for delivery March through May 2026, and a Vinci-equipped unit delivered to telecom giant Ericsson in April 2026. Quarterly robotics revenue remains modest (about $225,000 in the quarter ending March 2026), which is the honest scale of the realistic-android business today.
Delivery evidence
Announcement is not arrival.
Commercially deployed
Las Vegas kiosk deployment (Aug 2025); 19 robots scheduled Mar-May 2026; Ericsson delivery April 8, 2026
Reality check
Aria converses via LLM integration, tracks faces, and remembers users; her arms gesture but do not manipulate, and the full-body version rolls rather than walks. The product delivers presence, not labor. Realbotix positions companionship broadly, from trade-show staffing to personal connection; intimacy-adjacent uses inherited from the RealDoll lineage are no longer the marketing lead.
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.
entertainment
Trade-show, kiosk and brand-ambassador roles
Commercially deployedVerified July 2026
- Control mode
- Mixed / assisted
- Human intervention
- Venue configuration
remote presence
Operator-driven appearances
Real-world demoVerified July 2026
- Control mode
- Teleoperated
- Human intervention
- By design when used
Hardware record.
- Height
- 170 cm
- Weight
- Unknown / not disclosed
- Locomotion
- Full body: wheeled base; bust and modular versions stationary
- Payload
- Gesture arms only
- Runtime
- Hours per charge; mains operation supported
- Charging
- Plug-in
- Top speed
- Slow indoor movement
- Degrees of freedom
- 44 in F-Series (company figure)
- Hands
- Articulated for gesture
- Face / expression
- Swappable hyper-realistic faces; humanlike micro-expression and lip sync; magnetic face system
- Sensors
- Camera eyes with Vinci vision and eye-tracking system (2026), microphones
Software record.
- AI platform
- Realbotix AI platform with LLM conversation; Vinci vision system from April 2026
- Voice
- Open-ended conversation with lip sync
- Languages
- English primarily; others configurable
- Visual recognition
- Face recognition and eye tracking (Vinci)
- Memory
- Persistent user memory marketed as core feature
- Processing
- Cloud AI with local control ($199.99/month subscription)
- Autonomous abilities
- Autonomous conversation; no physical task autonomy
- Teleoperation
- Operator modes for events
- Software updates
- Subscription software updates
- Developer access
- Limited; enterprise integrations
Who can see, hear, or take control?
A companion that remembers you is a data product. Realbotix conversations run through its subscription AI platform; the company publishes little about retention, training use or deletion. For a machine marketed on emotional connection, those policies deserve scrutiny before purchase.
- Recording storage
- Conversations processed via Realbotix cloud platform; retention not publicly detailed
- Remote operation possible
- Yes
- Teleoperation disclosure
- Not standardized
- Camera / microphone controls
- Power and app controls
- Data deletion
- Not publicly detailed
- Account required
- Yes, subscription account
- Emergency stop
- Power controls; low physical risk (no strong actuators)
- Children and pets
- Adult-oriented product; stationary or slow-rolling
- Security updates
- Subscription-based updates
Open questions
Disputed or unverified.
- The widely quoted $175,000 price is the CES 2025 figure; current official tiers start lower
- Whether all 19 scheduled robots were delivered by end of May 2026 is unconfirmed
Lifecycle record
Status history.
- Public demonstration
CES 2025 debut at $175,000
- Pilot deployment
First public-facing business deployment (Tix4 kiosk, Las Vegas)
- Limited delivery
19 robots in delivery; Ericsson receives first Vinci-equipped unit
Source register
4 linked sources.
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