conversation
Persistent-persona companionship conversation
The Harmony lineage has had paying private owners since 2017
Owner verifiedVerified July 2026
- Control mode
- Autonomous
- Human intervention
- None
Research record R-035Limited delivery
Melody
By Realbotix · United States · announced January 2025
The modular, travel-ready android carrying forward the Harmony lineage that created the romantic-robot category.
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.
Melody is Realbotix's modular android, unveiled at CES 2025 as a robot that disassembles to fit in a suitcase and reassembles in minutes. She is the current expression of the company's longest lineage: Realbotix grew out of Abyss Creations' RealDoll robotics project, whose Harmony robotic head and companion app defined the romantic-companion robot when it appeared in 2017.
On Realbotix's current site the lineup is sold as tiers rather than characters: Melody corresponds to the M-Series modular platform, starting at $95,000, with swappable magnetic faces, customizable bodies and the same $199.99 per month AI subscription as Aria. Full-bodied configurations were quoted around $175,000 in 2025 press coverage.
The company's marketing now leads with companionship, wellness and front-of-house roles rather than intimacy, but personal and romantic companionship remains an acknowledged use, and the historical Harmony product made this company the only one with real experience shipping romantic companion robots to private customers.
Delivery evidence
Announcement is not arrival.
Manufacturer claim
Realbotix reported 19 robots across its lineup in delivery March-May 2026; model-level split undisclosed
Reality check
Like all Realbotix machines, Melody is a presence and conversation platform: expressive face, humanlike skin, persistent memory, no walking (stationary or wheeled options) and no physical assistance. Owners of earlier Harmony systems report that the experience rises and falls with the software; the AI has improved dramatically in the LLM era, and the subscription is effectively mandatory to keep it.
Capability ledger
What has actually been shown?
2 material claims are separated by evidence setting and human involvement. The strongest recorded signal is Owner verified; it does not automatically transfer to every row.
entertainment
Custom personas and role-play
Owner verifiedVerified July 2026
- Control mode
- Autonomous
- Human intervention
- None
Hardware record.
- Height
- 168 cm
- Weight
- Unknown / not disclosed
- Locomotion
- Stationary or wheeled base; modular disassembly for travel
- Payload
- Gesture arms only
- Runtime
- Hours per charge; mains supported
- Charging
- Plug-in
- Top speed
- Not applicable
- Degrees of freedom
- Configuration dependent; facial articulation is the focus
- Hands
- Articulated for gesture
- Face / expression
- Swappable magnetic hyper-realistic faces with micro-expression and lip sync
- Sensors
- Camera eyes, microphones; Vinci vision available across the line from 2026
Software record.
- AI platform
- Realbotix AI platform with LLM conversation and persistent persona
- Voice
- Open-ended conversation with lip sync
- Languages
- English primarily
- Visual recognition
- Face recognition available
- Memory
- Persistent relationship memory is the core feature
- Processing
- Cloud AI subscription
- Autonomous abilities
- Autonomous conversation only
- Teleoperation
- Not a marketed feature
- Software updates
- Subscription software updates
- Developer access
- None
Who can see, hear, or take control?
Romantic companion robots collect the most sensitive data imaginable. Realbotix does not publish detailed retention or training policies for conversation data, and this category has a history of services changing or shutting down. Prospective buyers should ask, in writing, what happens to their data and their robot's personality if the subscription lapses or the company pivots.
- Recording storage
- Conversations processed via Realbotix cloud; retention not publicly detailed
- Remote operation possible
- No documented remote operation
- Teleoperation disclosure
- Not applicable
- Camera / microphone controls
- Power controls
- Data deletion
- Not publicly detailed
- Account required
- Yes, subscription account
- Emergency stop
- Power controls; low physical risk
- Children and pets
- Adults-only product
- Security updates
- Subscription-based
Open questions
Disputed or unverified.
- Whether intimacy-oriented configurations remain offered under the current lineup is not stated on the official site
Lifecycle record
Status history.
- Commercially available
Predecessor Harmony robotic head and app reach private customers
- Public demonstration
Melody unveiled at CES 2025 as the modular, suitcase-portable android
- Limited delivery
Realbotix delivery program includes M-Series units
Source register
3 linked sources.
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