Insbotics launch Pophie website ahead of CES debut (1 Viewer)

[Chris]

Insbotics just launched a website dedicated to Pophie. We learn Insbotics are planning to give Pophie a limited offline mode and that Pophie utilises a multimodal fusion model that allows the AI to understand posture and tactile input along with visual and auditory input.

Probably the biggest feature of Pophie for me is learning that Pophie won’t need a wake word! Judging from the videos it appears Pophie uses AI to determine if a person is directing their attention towards it by analysing their facial position and posture.

The website also mentions they are aiming for a crowd funding launch around April.

Pophie website link: https://pophie.com/

Pophie robot official website

• Chris
• Dec 30, 2025

Image: Insbotics. Screenshot by author.

Pophie robot won’t need a wake word.

• Chris
• Dec 30, 2025

Image: Insbotics. Screenshot by author.

 

[Chris]

Really enjoying the Pophie blog. Learning so much.

Early prototypes had more articulation — wrist joints, a wider head rotation range, even an experimental jaw mechanism. We cut them all. The reason was counterintuitive: more movement options produced less lifelike behavior. When there are too many joints, each individual motion becomes smaller and less readable. A well-timed head tilt communicates more warmth than an elaborate multi-joint gesture that takes a second too long to execute.

Source: https://pophie.com/blog/behind-the-design.html

This is the gap that Pophie was built to close. Rather than waiting passively for instructions, Pophie continuously senses her environment, understands what's happening around her, and decides -- on her own -- whether and how to respond. She operates on a continuous loop rather than a request-response cycle. The technical term for this is proactive sensing, and it changes everything about what an AI companion can be.

Source: https://pophie.com/blog/what-is-proactive-ai.html