Expressive Androids

Humanoid robots with naturalistic facial expressions and body language.
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Expressive Androids

Advanced social robots with silicone skin, micro-actuators for facial animation, and fluid body movement that communicate affect through human-like non-verbal cues, designed for caregiving, education, companionship, and cultural mediation.

TRL
5/9Validated
Impact
4/5
Investment
5/5
Category
Hardware

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Hardware
Hardware
Soft Social Robots

Robots made of compliant materials mimicking organic movement.

TRL
5/9
Impact
3/5
Investment
4/5
Applications
Applications
Synthetic Companions

AI-driven agents addressing loneliness and social isolation.

TRL
6/9
Impact
5/5
Investment
4/5
Hardware
Hardware
Tangible Affective Interfaces

Physical objects that sense and communicate emotion through shape, texture, and temperature.

TRL
4/9
Impact
4/5
Investment
3/5
Software
Software
Affect-Adaptive Dialogue Models

Conversational agents that track and respond to long-term emotional trajectories.

TRL
4/9
Impact
5/5
Investment
5/5

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2011 — 2026

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