A woman (R) interacts with a humanoid robot (L) during the launch of the U1 humanoid robot produced by UWORLD, a brand under UBTECH Robotics, in Shenzhen, China’s Guangdong province on June 30, 2026. Silicone skin, soothing voice: Chinese company UBTech unveiled unprecedented hyper-realistic human-looking androids equipped with artificial intelligence (AI) and presented as anti-loneliness remedies. (Photo by ADEK BERRY / AFP via Getty Images)
