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Grace
Photo: Hanson Robotics (official image), from web.archive.org. Image policy
PrototypeHong Kong

Hanson Robotics · healthcare humanoid

Grace

A nurse-styled humanoid built on the Sophia 2020 platform, with a chest thermal camera for temperature checks and conversational AI for social visits and talk therapy.

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Why it matters

Pitched as the first humanoid built specifically as a healthcare assistant for elderly and isolated patients during COVID-19.

Real-world use

Company planned a beta production run in August 2021 and deployment in 2022; real hospital use was not confirmed.

Timeline

First shown
2021-06
Released
Not yet
Reuters-covered unveiling at Hanson Robotics' Hong Kong workshop

Maker

Hanson RoboticsCompany · founded 2007 · Richardson, Texas, USA in 2007 (later Hong Kong)

USD 1.5 million Texas Emerging Technology Fund grant (2006)

What it has been shown doing

We checked public videos and press for Grace and found no clear demo of the skills we track yet.

Public attention

How much public attention Grace gets, from open data.

  • No Wikipedia article of its own yet
  • 1 news story from reputable press listed on this page

Measures how much people read and write about a robot, not how good it is. Measured 2026-10-14; same method for every robot. How it is measured

What’s inside

The parts the company has talked about publicly.

Hands
simple
Movement
Stationary
Actuators & motors
Face can simulate more than 48 major facial muscles (Reuters via Interaksyon).
Sensors & vision
Thermal camera in the chest to take temperature and gauge responsiveness (Reuters via Interaksyon).
AI & software
AI to help assess patients; speaks English, Mandarin and Cantonese; offers social interaction, talk therapy and biological readings.
Other details
Built by Awakening Health, a joint venture of Hanson Robotics and Singularity Studio; cost described as similar to a luxury car.

Lineage

Every Awakening Health (Hanson Robotics and SingularityNET) humanoid in order.

  1. ZenoZeno2007Research
  2. SophiaSophia2016Research
  3. Little SophiaLittle Sophia2019Discontinued
  4. GraceGrace2021Prototype

Watch Grace

Video: Reuters on YouTube. Plays from youtube-nocookie.com when you press play.

Made, sold and where

Unit counts are usually company figures; analysts often disagree.

Price
Not published
How to get one
No official buying page found
Built
Prototype in June 2021; company planned to mass-produce a beta version by August 2021 (plan, not confirmed)
Where it is sold or used
Planned deployment in Hong Kong, mainland China, Japan and Korea (2022 plan)

News

The latest 1, newest first. Summaries are ours; tap through for the original.

  1. Grace nurse robot unveiled in Hong Kong

    Reuters showed the prototype at Hanson Robotics' Hong Kong workshop.

    Interaksyon / Philstar

Side by side with its peers

Picked by the same rules for every humanoid: another maker’s robot that moves the same way, is at the same stage and does at least one of the same main jobs, first shown within two years. Closer size and price rank higher. Few robots match closely, so these are the nearest matches. How we choose

Full comparison
MeasureGraceGraceAwakening Health (Hanson Robotics and SingularityNET)ADAMADAMRobopreneur Sdn BhdSame jobs: social, healthcare · Both fixed in place · Both in developmentMohammad (Muhammad)Mohammad (Muhammad)QSS AI & RobotsSame job: social · Both fixed in place · Both in development
First shown2021-062019-032024-03
StatusPrototypePrototypePrototype
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Sources

Figures come from press coverage. Every link below backs something on this page.

Philstar Interaksyon Meet Grace, the healthcare robot COVID-19 created (Reuters) AI Magazine Can a robot nurse bring us closer to the original AI dream? Logo: Hanson Robotics Ltd., Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

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