Humanoid Birth Machine (1 Viewer)

[KitaYama]

A Chinese company called Kaiwa Technology has announced plans to create the world’s first pregnant humanoid robot using an artificial womb, with a prototype expected to be ready by 2026.

The project was unveiled at the 2025 World Robot Conference in Beijing by founder Zhang Qifeng, who explained that the robot would house a womb filled with artificial amniotic fluid and deliver nutrients through a connected tube, closely simulating natural pregnancy conditions.

The company claims the technology is already mature in labs and expects the humanoid to be priced below 100,000 CNY, sparking wide debate as many see it as groundbreaking while others raise ethical concerns about reproduction and human connection.

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China’s Kaiwa plans world’s first pregnancy humanoid robot

A Chinese firm plans a humanoid “gestation robot” with an artificial womb, sparking debate over ethics and reproductive technology.

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[KitaYama]

"Imagine arguing with your mom and she hits you with a software update"

 

[The_Doc_Man]

Interesting - but less surprising than some things I've heard.

I've been reading some articles that indicate a serious birth-rate decline in China. If my various sources are accurate - and I think they likely are - then China is now experiencing a birth rate that is less than half of the "steady population replacement" rate, which is 2.1 to 2.3 children per family. (The fraction depends on the health-care quality.) Was it only last year that India replaced China as the world's most populous country?

The Chinese Communist Party is trying all sorts of incentives to increase birth rate, but they face a growing ennui among their younger generation, who prefers to "go on the dole" rather than join the work force. But the previous Chinese "one child per family" mandate plus old Chinese traditions to want sons rather than daughters has now left their men with too few potential partners. Worse, their aging work force is rapidly reaching the point where they don't have enough modern workers to support their particular brand of socialism.

Looks like automation has found yet ANOTHER human activity that it can replace. But they still need sperm and egg donors. But what is worse is, of course, if they have a limiting selection process, they would run into unintended incest when the decanted little kids grow up and seek partners, only to find they their ideal mate is also their sister or brother. It's not NICE to fool around with Mother Nature.