Surrogacy in the age of AI: Could a ‘pregnancy robot’ soon give birth to children?

Surrogacy in the age of AI: Could a ‘pregnancy robot’ soon give birth to children?

Chinese scientists are reportedly developing the world’s first ‘pregnancy robot’, a humanoid that will carry a baby in an artificial womb and mimic a full-term pregnancy. For those struggling to conceive, hiring a humanoid to carry their baby will cost 100,000 yuan (around Rs 12 lakh). Here’s how it will work

The “pregnancy robot” was conceptualised by Dr Zhang Qifeng, founder of Kaiwa Technology, which is based in Guangzhou, a city in China. AI-generated representative image