I’M PRETTY SURE DEMON SEED WAS A WARNING, NOT A HOW-TO GUIDE: China firm plans world’s first pregnancy humanoid robot using artificial womb.
Chinese tech firm is racing to deliver what could be the world’s first “gestation robot”.
The idea from Kaiwa Technology, based in Guangzhou, involves a humanoid designed with an artificial womb embedded in its abdomen, intended to carry a fetus through ten months of gestation and deliver a baby, according to Chinese media outlets.
Slated for debut by 2026 and expected to sell for under 100,000 yuan (around $13,900), the robot aims to offer a pregnancy alternative for those who wish to avoid the burdens of human gestation.
The announcement has triggered intense public discourse—from ethical unease to hopeful possibilities for the infertile.
Recently, Chinese researchers introduced GEAIR, the world’s first AI-powered breeding robot, capable of autonomous cruising and cross-pollination to cut costs, shorten cycles, and boost efficiency.
That’s not creepy at all:
But then, the CCP has been needing to ask itself “Are we the baddies?” for about a century now.
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This is such a revealing moment: @DouthatNYT, moved by a poem about the beauty and gift of procreation, asks the woman who wants to take it all away if she thinks something will be lost, and she responds, “what do you mean?” pic.twitter.com/YcAozdXoWh
— Steve McGuire (@sfmcguire79) August 16, 2025