In August 2025, a rumor began to spread that a "pregnancy robot" was in development in China. Social media posts and articles circulated with different AI-generated images of such a robot, including varying amounts of details. For example, a Facebook post ( archived) said this robot would cost under 100,000 yuan (less than $14,000):

China has invested heavily in robotics. The country is a leader in industrial robots per capita and has just hosted the first "World Humanoid Robot Games" in Beijing.

Pregnancy robots may sound like something out of science fiction, but they're actually quite real. And they're already creating quite a stir for many reasons.