At a UBTech expo, a humanoid with a human face stands in a silk dress while real robots line the wall behind her.
Look at the frame. Butterfly brooch, brown hair, cream dress, and behind her - white industrial units and a crowd of engineers.
The company sells factory robots. The face sells the company.
That's the split in the whole industry. Machines that work look like machines. Machines that sell look like us.
Realistic androids run $30,000 to $200,000. Buyers: showrooms, expos, live-selling studios. All places where the job is being looked at.
She isn't the product.
She's the reason you looked at it.