The robots at the expo were not "sex robots", but were akin to Disney animatronics, so it's a bit more telling about the person that they immediately thought "sex robots". Not to mention the whole "empathy to fantasy game robot more than to actual people forced into sex work".

MaSiRo has fans in all meanings of the word x.com/a_says_/stat...

Got reminded at how many many years ago I attempted to make an animatronic "Den Den Mushi" from "One Piece". I made electronics including a GSM, sound, and servo modules and a plastic base (no 3d printing, sculpted manually), the next stage would've been silicone mould.

Lovely robot head based on a character from "ZUTOMAYO – DARKEN" music video. Source: x.com/shirowaniztm...

CiYa's new style (on the right) looks particularly nice x.com/A_says_/stat...

Latest android by Yunmu (云幕智造) is made to resemble Nikola Tesla. Source: xhslink.com/o/4NJmkI5AeKO

Kokoro's dinosaur in snow near Fukui station Source: x.com/62gata_Bakusen/status/2014272663825592617

Rather unexpected news — there are coming snippets now featuring robots by a new company called "Hesen" which were exhibited at "AVN Adult Entertainment Expo" at "Virgin Hotels Las Vegas" in past few days. Source (nsfw): www.gettyimages.com/detail/video...

Just noticed that last summer Laerdal Medical released a maternal simulator "MamaAnne". They and Gaumard are the most prominent developers of medical simulators, often with mechatronics and basic facial animation. www.youtube.com/watch?v=osR-... laerdal.com/us/products/...

First run of Miku doll by yihan825 Source: x.com/yihan825/status/2013877303185686758

I read an article describing these cases, but the video is even more hilarious Source: www.instagram.com/p/DSuyIIjk5nV/

A "making of" video of an android head by xiaohongshu user "My world of 3D printing and painting" (我的世界3d打印 涂装) Source: xhslink.com/o/AGC0W7TSCRy

There are now at least three developers building real life robot versions of characters from "Murder drones" x.com/SDLukasGrim/... x.com/SDLukasGrim/...

Next step would be ensuring that the doll runs away from the person being woken up. Source: x.com/dancingdoll_...

Miku robot doll by yihan825 Source: x.com/yihan825/sta...

I hope @s-kajita.bsky.social won't bonk me on a head with a stick with sharing an older paper of his in a discussion on hatsuseno.com server

Android head Xingyao 2.0 (星瑶2.0) by bilibili user "Xingyao's Dad" (星瑶爸爸呀). The first video by this developer I disregarded for it was obviously "АI" generated, but the most recent appears to not be, and the description states the same. Source: www.bilibili.com/video/BV1EKk...

A couple of videos of NOETIX (松延动力) full height humanoid robot with an android face. Source: www.xiaohongshu.com/explore/6967...

Yunmu (云幕智造) seems to be updating animations on their latest heads Source: www.xiaohongshu.com/explore/6963...

Yunmu's (云幕智造) full-height android Source: xhslink.com/o/2thfKJJzMw9

Yunmu's (云幕智造) recent video with face closeup on one of their androids Source: xhslink.com/o/2thfKJJzMw9

Android head by AheadForm (Yuhang Hu) got on January 2026 cover of "Science Robotics" for the research "Learning realistic lip motions for humanoid face robots" www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... Video source: www.bilibili.com/video/BV1z4r...

It's rather adorable how his Cyn keeps saying "three" at the end of sentences www.twitch.tv/deathtempler

Keiichiro Shibuya's android "Maria" was used for an advertisement for the Japanese "Buffalo" tech company. Keiichiro Shibuya is famed for experimental music productions with android-humanoid robots ("android opera") www.youtube.com/watch?v=F4bi... prtimes.jp/main/html/rd...

Fortunately nothing broke as of yet

More on the tech Source: x.com/ntv_rd/statu...

It's kinda impressive how realbotix accidentally managed to produce the first gaydar-passing android. Source: x.com/Fabriziobust...

Okay, three, two, one, let's jam Here's the promised discord server: hatsuseno.com

I knew of this developer via photos I saw online from Japanese robotic enthusiast events. I missed that they have a twitter page where they update with the progress, and I was pleasantly surprised to find them subscribed to vokabrerobotics. x.com/yihan825/sta...

For CES, Realbotix brought two of their previously shown androids, an "ameca-like" head (which was once featured in their promotional video) and a more masculine sculpt "David". Source: x.com/AndrewKiguel...

This is not necessarily on-topic, but it would be neat to see this technology applied to android robots Source: x.com/tks/status/2...

Yunmu's (云幕智造) new year 2026 greeting Source: xhslink.com/o/8VUXHAIWAif

A couple of translated volumes of Yokohama Kaidashi Kikou at Kinkokuya book shop in Dubai Mall in UAE. #ヨコハマ買い出し紀行

Written from an automatic train: despite my desire to not lead anything — I’m considering opening an android robotics themed discord server due to the lack of anything similar. English as base language (with others encouraged), “sfw”, no “generative ai”, decency and hopes despite all odds.

Over time i’m becoming more convinced that only an individual instance running ai embodied in humanoid or otherwise humanlike shape is the only way to achieve humane progress and coexistence.

This fast food restaurant in Bahrain has an item on a menu the name of which can be also applied to mean "people who like J from Murder Drones"

Latest update on Kaiten's project. Best wishes for the next year! x.com/tt_rpm/statu...

MaSiRo learning to write better. I always have fondness for robots doing writing/drawing/playing instruments. The failed copies could make for lovely souvenirs! youtube.com/watch?v=X9yI...

AheadForm (首形科技) made an android version of Fang Chengyi (方承意) character from a Chinese mobile game Justice Online (逆水寒). Fang Chengyi is described as interactive, and is to be shown at Comicup32 (CP32) in Hangzhou on December 27~28 2025. Source: v.douyin.com/qQ2nsVTmmSs

Some adorableness from France:

The full storyline of The Future of Life with commentary in English and Japanese is now available on youtube published by The Future of Life pavilion themselves: www.youtube.com/watch?v=fahX...

RHP Friends is a great visual design www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ofc...

An interesting application of a realistic robot hand Source: instagram.com/p/DO8jFURE4FF/

Yunmu's (云幕智造) "Younger Sister" (小师妹) android head Source: xhslink.com/o/7L6GN0OBFDO

New update by Yunmu on this android robot of theirs Source: xhslink.com/o/3bPzWAYDdaa

Yunmu's latest android, made in the likeness of Wang Peiyu (on the left). She's an actress famed for playing male roles in Peking opera. Source: xhslink.com/o/3mHM9PTc1Ot

Animatronic/android Sun Wukong ("Monkey King"), the video is by xiaohongshu user Jimmy Young. Source: xhslink.com/o/j6daFeZJfI

Another look at the most recent Qingfei (清飞科技) android head sculpt. Source: xhslink.com/o/1BqETSuBf8g

Visionoid Fox is adorable Video by @kmoriyama.bsky.social, source: x.com/kmoriyama/st...

UV-disinfection robot at Taipei Taouyan airport in Taiwan.