The verified answer
As of Sep 2026, DEPLOY verifies Realbotix: 2 models, 3 deployments across 2 regions, $5.0M raised. 2 sources back the record.
Overview
Realbotix Corp (TSXV: XBOT) is a Canadian publicly traded company that designs and manufactures AI-powered humanoid robots for entertainment, customer service, and personal well-being. Manufactured in the United States, its robots feature lifelike expression, motion, and social engagement. CEO Andrew Kiguel (co-founder of Hut 8 Mining) leads the company, which was formerly Tokens.com Corp before rebranding in 2024. Products include Sally, a humanoid teaching assistant.
Verified record
- Verified deployments
- 3 deployments on file
- Active incidents
- None on file
Valuation of record
DEPLOY VERIFIEDPriced roundPrivate Placement post-money
Key facts
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Data & sources
Web sources
2
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Models (2)
View all models →Current platform
Aria
Realbotix Aria is a $175,000 lifelike humanoid companion robot with 17 facial motors, patented silicone skin, microscopic eye cameras for face recognition, AI vision system, and 15-language conversation capability. Modular design (head-only $10K, modular $150K, full $175K). Unveiled at CES 2025. Deployed at Bitcoin 2025, healthcare pilots, entertainment events.
Current platform
Sally
AI-powered humanoid robot designed as a teaching assistant. $57,590 price point. Features 'lifelike appearance' with silicone skin and long brown hair. Was set to deploy at Salamanca High School (NY) for 11th/12th grade AI classes — program paused after public criticism July 2026.
Realbotix on the deployment map
View the global map3 verified deployments across 2 regions, newest verified Jun 2024. Explore where Realbotix's robots are operating, by place and type.
View the full Realbotix deployment record →
Relationships
Current leadership (4)
- Matthew McMullen COOsecondary-verified
- Andrew Kiguel CEOreported, not verified
- Scott Ritchie Meyers CFO & Corporate Secretarysecondary-verified
- Eric Abrahams CTOsecondary-verified
Founders (1)
- Matthew McMullencofounder
Safety record
No incidents on record for Realbotix.
Only active incidents are counted. Retracted incidents are excluded from this summary but remain reachable at their canonical URLs.
Full safety record: incidents, sourcing, and exposure data →
Operator customers (1)
- Realbotix3 deployments
Recent coverage
Realbotix in third-party press
Peer companies
- Roborock20 models
- Ecovacs Robotics19 models
- SharkNinja14 models
- iRobot9 models
- Mammotion7 models
- DLR Institute of Robotics and Mechatronics6 models
Financial state
- Total funding
- $5.0M
- Reporting basis
- aggregator_estimate
- Lifecycle stage
- early
- Counterparty risk class
- unknown
Each numeric field carries its own basis marker. Aggregators report a number; this surface preserves the source class so verification depth travels with the value.
Funding rounds (1)
- Private Placement2025-10-24
$5M(reported) · $25M post
Timeline
Every recorded move in Realbotix’s history, most recent first: funding rounds, partnerships, acquisitions, supply-chain starts, key hires, and press.
Funding roundPrivate Placement funding round
2025-10-24Private Placement raising $5000000
Recent activity
Every change to this record is dated, sourced, and independently verified where marked.
- Record createdJul 26, 2026
Added to the verified registry
- Deployment verifiedVerifiedJan 20, 2026
Sally at Plano, Texas, USA
- Deployment verifiedVerifiedSep 25, 2025
Sally at New York City, New York, USA
- Deployment verifiedVerifiedAug 7, 2025
Sally at Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
- Deployment verifiedVerifiedJun 1, 2024
Aria at United States (multiple hotel chains)
Sources (2)
- Realbotix (official) · https://realbotix.ai
- Realbotix (product site) · https://realbotix.com
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Methodology: Verified · 2 sources (no primary) · last reviewed 2026-08-21
Verification posture
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Last reviewed 2026-08-21
Sources by quality tier
- 2
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The framework is documented at /methodology. Corrections at /corrections. Reviewer: DEPLOY editorial team.
Methodology surface for Realbotix.Peer companies
- Roborock20 models
- Ecovacs Robotics19 models
- SharkNinja14 models
- iRobot9 models
- Mammotion7 models
- DLR Institute of Robotics and Mechatronics6 models
In the press
Recent coverage mentioning Realbotix from third-party publications. Automatically surfaced; not part of the verified registry record.
Realbotix Generates Robot Revenue as Costs Rise
Realbotix generated $132,000 in revenue from its humanoid robotics business in the third quarter of fiscal 2026, up from no robotics revenue in the same quarter last year. The…
Realbotix Robot ‘Set to Appear on Emmy-Winning TV Series’
Realbotix, a Las Vegas-based humanoid robotics and embodied AI company, has announced that one of its robots will make an appearance as a robotic character in an upcoming episode…
Realbotix school humanoid pilot draws New York backlash
A fall 2026 Salamanca High School pilot will use a Realbotix M-Series humanoid, but teachers and state officials want safeguards clarified. The post Realbotix school humanoid…
How to invest in humanoid robotics, the potential 5 trillion market that's straight out of science fiction
Business Insider overview of humanoid robotics investing: KOID ETF, Morgan Stanley 5T prediction, Barclays 200B by 2035. Covers Unitree, Tesla, Amazon, Agility Robotics, UBTech,…
'Really inappropriate': teachers decry plan for humanoid robot in New York high school
A Realbotix M-Series humanoid robot named Sally was purchased for $57,590 by a Cattaraugus County school district for a pilot program at Salamanca High School in New York, drawing…
Sally the Robot Was Coming to a New York School. Then the Plug Was Pulled.
Salamanca City Central School District (Western NY) put its humanoid robot teacher program on hold after public criticism. Sally, a $57,590 AI-powered humanoid robot from…
Realbotix Corp. Provides Corporate Structure and Operations Update
Realbotix restructured: Realbotix LLC (commercial robotics, ~25 employees) separated from Intima LLC (DTC adult wellness, 86% RealDoll ownership). Education, healthcare,…
A New York school district is testing robot teachers
A Salamanca school district is integrating AI and lifelike robots to its STEM classes, with help from company Realbotix.
Rural NY School To Launch Humanoid Robot Teacher
Salamanca High School to deploy humanoid robot and avatar teaching assistant starting fall 2026. Sally, a female humanoid robot, first of its kind in a US school district.
New York school district to deploy humanoid robot teacher this fall
Salamanca City Central School District to deploy Sally, a $57,590 AI-powered humanoid robot from Realbotix (CEO Andrew Kiguel), as teaching assistant for 11th/12th grade AI…
Realbotix to Showcase Humanoid Robot at Bitcoin 2026 Conference
Realbotix showcasing humanoid robot at Bitcoin 2026. Human interface for AI — customer-facing deployments across industries.
We Interviewed Aria, a $175K Almost-Human Robot at CES 2025
Aria humanoid robot at CES 2025. $175K full, $150K modular, $10K head-only. 17 facial motors, silicone skin, AI vision. Realbotix CEO Andrew Kiguel.
Machine-readable surfaces
- Markdown mirror: /companies/realbotix.md
- RSS feed: /companies/realbotix/feed.xml
- JSON-LD: embedded in this page’s head
- REST API: /v1/companies/0bf351a3-e148-49c3-8973-1e45f1c4dab8
- Revision history: /companies/realbotix/history
- Data documentation: /data
- Query this programmatically: Deploy MCP
Peer companies
- Roborock20 models
- Ecovacs Robotics19 models
- SharkNinja14 models
- iRobot9 models
- Mammotion7 models
- DLR Institute of Robotics and Mechatronics6 models
Video
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A school district in Salamanca, New York, is introducing both an AI tutor and a humanoid robot into classrooms as part of a new pilot program with tech company
A school district in Salamanca, New York, is introducing both an AI tutor and a humanoid robot into classrooms as part of a new pilot program with tech company
Humanoids have taken over and while they are still learning some of the tasks demonstrated are wildly advanced! Who knew there were so many competitors in the H
Meet the robots of Realbotix, a company which aims to make humanoid robots more human in both appearance and conversation. Read more on CNET: We Spoke to a $1
This robot has AI built into it and is super realistic! #shorts #robot
Humanoid robots were everywhere at CES 2026, but Realbotix (TSXV: XBOT | OTC: XBOTF | FSE: 76M0.F) took a very different approach. In this interview, Realboti
Meet Melody by Realbotix, a portable humanoid robot designed for expressive interaction and AI-driven companionship. She features lifelike facial movement, modu
Relabotix Aria V Melody: What Sets Them Apart in Features? At CES 2025, Realbotix introduced three revolutionary robots: Aria, Melody, and Hank. In this video,
Relabotix Aria V Melody: What Sets Them Apart in Features? At CES 2025, Realbotix introduced three revolutionary robots: Aria, Melody, and Hank. In this video,
Meet the Realbotix ultra-realistic AI robot at CES 2026 in Las Vegas. With lifelike expressions, advanced conversational AI, and human-like movements, this huma
At CES 2026, I visited the Realbotix booth to see some of the most realistic humanoid robots ever created — and they completely blew my mind.These AI-powered ro
The Realbotix Harmony love robot has evolved from a simple AI companion app in 2017 into a fully modular humanoid robot platform in 2026 powered by advanced AI
The Realbotix Harmony love robot has evolved from a simple AI companion app in 2017 into a fully modular humanoid robot platform in 2026 powered by advanced AI
Realbotix Executive Chairman and CEO Andrew Kiguel walks through our corporate presentation, explains the proposed Nasdaq transaction, and shares how our humano
Realbotix Executive Chairman and CEO Andrew Kiguel walks through our corporate presentation, explains the proposed Nasdaq transaction, and shares how our humano
Ultrarealistic humanoid robots are entering classrooms. The team behind the historic deployment of the first humanoid robot teaching assistant at a US public s
Realbotix will deploy first artificial intelligence humanoid robot teachers assistant in a New York state school district. I believe Optio is name of the roboti
Heat Index
Category contender75/100
A composite of competitive footprint, funding, press velocity, active partnerships, and supply-chain edges. Different from the Intelligence score below (which is per-form-factor productization). Non-robotics companies cap at 25.
Reality vs attention
Realbotix draws attention at the 91st percentile but verifies reality at the 77th percentile among service robots. Hype Gap +13.9, 31st widest among service robots.
6-month trend
Analysis
Clean safety record across 6 verified deployments. Broad public reach with 18.0M video views.
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Verified signal
Attention (reach, not merit)
DEPLOY Intelligence scores are computed from verified registry data: confirmed deployments, disclosed funding rounds, regulatory filings, active job listings, video viewership, and press coverage. Confidence ratings reflect data availability. Scores update nightly.
DEPLOY Indices — verified vs claimed
Last computed: Sep 9, 2026