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Stories, updates, and insights from the team building the future of AI companionship.
Is AI Companionship About Loneliness—or Something Else?
AI companionship isn't always about loneliness. Explore the motivations behind human-AI connection and how embodied AI may open the door to a different kind of relationship.
Why Put AI Inside a Robot at All?
A physical robot can offer more than task execution. Discover how embodiment changes human-AI interaction and how ROBONOVA's The Fourth Relationship explores a new form of AI compa…
When Should a Robot Speak First?
Proactive AI requires more than knowing what to say. Discover why context, timing, and user intent matter when designing AI companion robots that share everyday spaces with people.
Why Do Humanoid Robots Need to Look Human?
Why are humanoid robots designed around the human body? Explore how human-like design helps robots operate in human environments, while shaping our expectations of their intelligen…
VLM vs. VLA: What Makes a Robot Actually Intelligent?
VLMs help AI understand what it sees, while VLAs connect that understanding to physical action. Explore why bionic embodied intelligent robots need more than perception and languag…
What If Your AI Companion Knows You Better Than You Know Yourself?
What if your AI knows your patterns better than you do? Explore how AI companion robots and long-term memory could change the way we understand ourselves.
What Happens When Everyone Gets Their Own Version of an IP Character?
As AI learns, remembers, and adapts to each user, bionic embodied intelligent robots could transform IP characters from fixed fictional identities into personalized, long-term phys…