X-Origin AI Introduces Yonbo: The Next-Gen AI Companion Robot Designed for Families

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Thu, May 29, 2025, 11:31 PM 5 min read

X-Origin AI Launches Its First AI Companion Robot Yonbo on Kickstarter—Meet Your Most Understanding Digital Life Partner for Lifelong Companionship.

, /PRNewswire/ -- X-ORIGIN-AI specializes in the R&D of consumer-grade AI robotics, breaking the constraints of AI as a mere tool and advancing human-machine interaction from utility to emotional connection. Addressing the needs of users across all life stages—from children to adults and elderly people—it builds an intelligent companion ecosystem powered by personalized AI models, ensuring everyone has a digital partner that truly "understands them."

Its first product, Yonbo—a smart AI companion robot designed for families with children—has completed development and entered mass production. This highly anticipated product officially launched on Kickstarter on May 22, 2025, already attracting widespread attention from industry observers and early tech adopters.

Behind X-Origin AI stands a world-class team with deep expertise in robotics and global operations. Founder and CEO Dr. Li Yunzhou, a robotics expert and seasoned entrepreneur, previously led his team to win China's first international robot combat championship.

The Vision Behind Yonbo: Why X-Origin AI Is Rethinking the Future of AI Companionship

When asked why he founded X-Origin AI, Dr. Li emphasized the company's clear mission: "To empower everyone with a digital partner that truly understands them." It aims to advance AI-human symbiosis and pioneer a new wave of human-machine interaction.

According to Dr. Li, X-Origin AI has built a hardware technology framework for the AI era, spanning system data layers, terminal tech layers, and application layers, enabling more efficient creation of "intelligent" hardware products.

Current AI toys and desktop robots often offer homogenized functionalities, primarily relying on conversational large models. However, Dr. Li believes high-quality AI companionship requires emotional perception and personalized understanding to deliver genuine "emotional value." Simply wrapping large models in hardware shells falls short of true "companionship."

The future of AI hardware lies not in superficially integrating large language models (LLMs) into traditional devices but in redefining hardware from the ground up with intelligence—leveraging LLMs' analytical power to enable hardware to "listen," perceive emotions, and understand contexts, then translating these into real-world functionalities.