{"id":72263,"date":"2025-08-29T11:19:06","date_gmt":"2025-08-29T15:19:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.familytoday.com\/?p=72263"},"modified":"2025-08-28T18:05:40","modified_gmt":"2025-08-28T22:05:40","slug":"pregnancy-robots-could-give-birth-to-human-children-in-revolutionary-breakthrough-and-a-game-changer-for-infertile-couples","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.familytoday.com\/family\/pregnancy-robots-could-give-birth-to-human-children-in-revolutionary-breakthrough-and-a-game-changer-for-infertile-couples\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Pregnancy Robots\u2019 Could Give Birth to Human Children in Revolutionary Breakthrough \u2014 and a Game-Changer For Infertile Couples"},"content":{"rendered":"

There\u2019s a robot for that.<\/p>\n

What a time to be alive \u2014 people are marrying AI bots, and now robots might soon be able to carry babies.<\/p>\n

Reportedly, China is working on designing a bot with an artificial womb \u2014 which will receive nutrients through a hose in its abdomen \u2014 that will soon be able to carry a fetus for about 10 months before giving birth, according to Chosun Biz<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The \u201cpregnancy robot\u201d was conceptualized by Dr. Zhang Qifeng, founder of Kaiwa Technology in Guangzhou, China. If all goes according to plan, the prototype will make its debut next year.<\/p>

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For those struggling to conceive, hiring a humanoid to carry their baby will cost 100,000 yuan, or about $14,000 \u2014 a price significantly less than a human surrogate, which can cost someone in the US<\/a> anywhere from $100,000 to $200,000.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe artificial womb technology is already in a mature stage, and now it needs to be implanted in the robot\u2019s abdomen so that a real person and the robot can interact to achieve pregnancy, allowing the fetus to grow inside,\u201d Qifeng told Chosun Biz.<\/p>\n

Many questions are still unanswered at this time, including how the egg and sperm will be fertilized and inserted into the womb and how the bot will give birth.<\/p>\n

Obviously, with this sort of technology comes a lot of questions and concerns regarding ethical and legal issues.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe have held discussion forums with authorities in Guangdong Province and submitted related proposals while discussing policy and legislation,\u201d the doctor said, addressing people\u2019s uneasiness.<\/p>\n

Speaking of freaky bots \u2014 a humanoid was spotted walking around Fifth Avenue in Midtown earlier this month<\/a>, doing everything from grabbing a hot dog to trying on sneakers.<\/p>

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The intent behind this shocking scene of the KOID-branded bot acting like a human New Yorker was to promote global asset management firm KraneShares\u2019s Global Humanoid and Embodied Intelligence Index ETF, which came out earlier this summer.<\/p>\n

\u201cI feel like I was witnessing firsthand . . . the first lightbulb or the first car,\u201d said Joseph Dube, head of marketing at KraneShares. \u201cPeople were amazed. Some people were terrified. It was a major mixed bag of reactions.\u201d<\/p>\n

This article originally appeared on NYPost.com<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n

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