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Shanghai's AheadForm Unveils Expressive Head-Type Robots Origin F1 and M1

June 15, 2026 at 00:01 EDT

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AheadForm, a Shanghai-based startup, has unveiled desktop humanoid robots Origin F1 (female) and Origin M1 (male), featuring realistic facial expressions, blinks, and AI-driven emotional interaction. Both are "ultra-bionic" head modules centered on the head, shoulders, and torso, specializing in facial and emotional expression and AI integration rather than full-body locomotion. Released via the company's website and demo videos, their natural expressions have drawn attention among developers. (official site)

Shanghai · AheadForm

A Robot Head Built for AI — Where the Face Does the Talking

Origin F1 and M1 are desktop humanoids that skip walking and payload entirely, betting instead on hyper-realistic facial expression, gaze, blinking and real-time AI conversation.

micro-expressions, from raised brows to pursed lips

36.5°C

constant-temperature hyper-bionic skin

cameras for gaze tracking & natural blinking

Where the engineering goes: face, not feet

Typical Chinese humanoids
locomotion + payload

AheadForm Origin
facial & expressive biomimicry

Illustrative emphasis — AheadForm concentrates its actuator count and skin engineering on the head and upper body.

How a face becomes a conversation

Dual-camera vision → Omni model (audio·vision·language) → Fuxi AI character response → Brushless micro-motors drive expression

Praised

Natural expressions and lifelike skin texture
Synced blinks, gaze and lip movement
Smooth real-time dialogue

Open challenges

Strong uncanny-valley effect
Full-body integration & long-term stability
Dialogue latency; no price or release date

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