Realbotix Launches Echo Humanoid Robot Line

LAS VEGAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct 26, 2026--

Realbotix Corp. (TSX-V: XBOT) (Frankfurt: 76M0.F) (OTC: XBOTF) (“Realbotix” or the “Company”), a manufacturer of humanoid robots and AI systems, announces the launch of its new flagship robot platform, Echo.

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Designed for companionship, education, and wellness, Echo robots are built to support meaningful human-to-robot interaction. Its streamlined modular architecture makes it easy for customers to configure robots that deliver practical value in social and personal environments.

Initial production is limited to 225 Tabletop units and 25 Echo Full Body units for delivery in the second half of 2027. Realbotix has launched a new website that details the Echo product line and streamlines ordering. Echo robots are available exclusively through Realbotix's product website at Realbotix.com.

Customers can reserve a unit with at $199 deposit to secure priority delivery in the first production run. Deposit terms are available on the Realbotix’s Echo website ( Realbotix.com ). Realbotix’s patented AI robotic vision system, Vinci, is available as an optional add-on.

Every Echo robot features Realbotix’s ultra-realistic proprietary silicone based synthetic skin design and advanced facial expressions for lifelike, empathetic interaction. Built-in speakers in the chest cavity deliver clear, natural audio for communication and engagement. Echo robots support over 100 languages and respond in the language used to address it.

Echo Humanoid Robot Models

Echo Tabletop
Compact desktop companion with 17 degrees of freedom, suited for one-on-one education, therapy, and personal wellness. Priced at $11,950. The Echo Tabletop humanoid robot weighs approximately 25 lbs. and dimensions of 13” x 13” x 32”. The face and neck of the tabletop robot feature Realbotix's ultra-realistic proprietary silicone based synthetic skin.

Echo Full Body
Full humanoid form with fluid upper-body movement and 39 degrees of freedom. Priced at $59,950. The Echo Full-bodied humanoid robot weighs approximately 88 lbs. and has dimensions of 28” x 28” x 72’’ (female) and 28” x 28” x 77” (male). The face, neck, and arms (from the elbows down and including the hands and fingers) of the full body robot feature Realbotix's ultra-realistic proprietary silicone based synthetic skin.

Four Distinct Characters
Customers can choose from four robotic characters, each with their own personality, voice, and interaction style. The lineup includes the established Aria character plus three new personas developed for education, and wellness use cases.

All Echo models support native integration with leading AI platforms, including ChatGPT, Claude, and Gemini, for varied embodied AI experiences. Echo can speak over 100 languages and respond in the language used to address it, with curated subscription tiers offering different combinations of AI platforms and features to cater to diverse needs and use cases.

Vinci Vision System
An optional computer-vision and on-device AI upgrade that enables complete local processing for conversations and visual understanding, with sub-second latency. Capabilities include biometric facial recognition, recognition of emotional cues, gaze tracking, and spatial and temporal awareness – helping Echo recognize users, maintain eye contact, and respond to its surroundings. With processing handled on-device, conversations and visual data can remain local, supporting a privacy-first experience.

“Echo robots represent a major step forward in Realbotix’s mission to improve human lives through social robots,” said Andrew Kiguel, CEO of Realbotix. “We are creating companions that support, educate and care for people in meaningful ways.”

Reservations for 2027 delivery are now open on the new Realbotix website ( Realbotix.com ). Organizations looking to order 10 or more Echo robots can contact sales@realbotix.com for volume pricing.

Subscription Service
Operation and management of Echo robots require a monthly subscription to the Realbotix Robot Configuration App, available in several tiers starting at $19.99 per month. Details are available on the Realbotix website ( Realbotix.com ).

Digital AI Twin
In 2027, customers will be able to pair their robot with an online digital twin designed with privacy at the core. This digital identify carries the chosen character’s personality, voice, and encrypted memories across devices, creating continuity whether the user interacts with the physical robot or its digital counterpart. The same character can be deployed as either a Tabletop or Full Body unit without fragmenting its identity.

Subscribers will be able to interact with their chosen character (Aria, Mila, Dave or Amar) on a computer, laptop, tablet, or phone while traveling or away from the physical robot. Context and preferences carry over seamlessly between the digital twin and the embodied robot.

Privacyof Customer Data
Conversation histories, saved memories, and facial recognition data (including face templates used by Vinci) are stored locally on the robot and/or paired device. These records are not uploaded or shared with Realbotix, and Realbotix does not receive, store, or review them. Realbotix does not use these locally stored records for advertising, analytics, or AI model training. Locally stored information can be deleted using the applicable robot or app controls.

When cloud-based AI, speech, or avatar features are used, the content necessary to provide those features may be transmitted to the applicable service providers. Realbotix receives usage logs about service activity but does not receive, retain, or have direct access to the conversation content processed by those providers, and does not use that content for its own advertising, analytics or AI model training.

About Realbotix
Realbotix is a U.S. based developer of humanoid robots and advanced AI systems designed for natural human interaction in enterprise and consumer settings. Manufactured in the United States, the company’s patented technologies enable lifelike facial expressions, fluid motion, agentic vision, and rich social engagement, positioning Realbotix as a leader in human-centric robotics and embedded AI.

Realbotix.com: Echo Robot Product Site
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Forward-Looking Statements
Forward-looking statements in this news release include, but are not limited to, statements about the timing of production and deliveries, production volumes, the availability, features and pricing of Echo AI plans, the Vinci Vision System and the Echo digital companion, and the anticipated benefits of Echo.

This news release contains forward-looking statements and information within the meaning of applicable securities laws, including management’s objectives, strategies, beliefs, and intentions. Forward-looking statements are often, but not always, identified by words such as “may,” “will,” “plan,” “expect,” “anticipate,” “estimate,” “intend,” “believe,” or similar expressions referring to future events or results.

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All forward-looking statements are subject to the risks and uncertainties detailed in the Company’s continuous disclosure filings available at www.sedarplus.ca. The Company assumes no obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events, or otherwise, except as required by applicable law.

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The future is here. Be among the first to own the new Echo line. Secure your unit for $199 at Realbotix.com.

BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — Serbia's populist strongman Aleksandar Vucic dominated the Balkan country's politics for 14 years. Then came the students.

The long-ruling authoritarian leader on Sunday conceded the defeat of his right-wing Serbian Progressive Party to a grassroots movement of university students in a parliamentary election. The students had led protests for almost two years before unseating him in a historic change of government.

The 56-year-old political veteran easily outplayed political opponents in the past and thought he could do it again. Ahead of Sunday's ballot he pulled a maneuver in the style of his ally Russian President Vladimir Putin when he resigned the presidency to pursue a bid to become the prime minister.

Vucic then launched a fierce campaign involving favorable around-the-clock coverage on state media and attacks on opponents. He handed out cash to voters and promised higher pensions, new roads and cheaper medicines.

It didn't work. The diverse youth movement's message that rampant corruption, cronyism and organized crime under Vucic were eating away at the country resonated widely with voters.

The student protests first started in 2024 after a collapsed canopy at a renovated train station in Serbia's north killed 16 people, triggering claims that graft-fueled negligence led to poor construction work and eventually to the crash.

Defiant, Vucic on Sunday blamed his defeat on foreign interference.

“I want people to know,” he said. “This was the verification of a revolution that they carried out directly with support of different European countries and the deep American state, the one that is also against President (Donald) Trump.”

During a political career spanning more than 30 years, Vucic morphed from being an extreme nationalist who supported aggression against non-Serbs in the former Yugoslavia to a populist who shifted his preferences to balance between global powers and influences.

During the wars in the 1990s, Vucic was one of the radical party leaders who advocated the creation of a “Greater Serbia” that would include territories in Croatia and Bosnia where minority Serbs live. Those policies are widely blamed for bloody conflicts that killed over 100,000 people and displaced millions.

Vucic was known for fiery speeches, including one in Serbia’s parliament where he said that for each Serb killed in the Bosnian war, 100 Bosnian Muslims must die. He later said that he didn’t mean it literally.

As information minister in the late 1990s, Vucic oversaw media critical of then-President Slobodan Milosevic slapped with heavy fines or shut down. He shifted away from ultranationalism to a proclaimed pro-EU stance on the eve of his party’s electoral win in 2012.

In office, Vucic positioned himself as pro-European and pro-Russian, and as an admirer of Trump. Ahead of the decisive ballot, however, Vucic re-embraced his hard right roots and turned to Putin again as he struggled to restore his shaken voter base.

Vucic defied the EU last month by allowing a hero’s funeral in Belgrade for Ratko Mladic, the former Bosnian Serb army commander convicted of genocide by a U.N. court in the Netherlands.

“It is no coincidence that Vladimir Putin said he hopes that I will be the prime minister,” Vucic boasted days ahead of the ballot, ditching the proclaimed pro-EU position that helped his populist party come to power in 2012.

Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov expressed hope Monday that the post-Vucic government will retain friendly relations with Russia. Vucic had refused to join EU sanctions against Moscow over the war in Ukraine despite formally seeking membership for Serbia in the 27-nation bloc.

“We highly value the contribution Mr. Vucic has made to the development of our bilateral relations," Peskov said.

“We intend to continue doing everything possible to help the development of our relations with Belgrade,” Peskov said. "But, as you know, it takes two to tango.”

Konstantin Kosachev, a deputy speaker of the upper house, the Federation Council, said that the Serbian elections’ outcome could signal that “there would be one sovereign country less in Europe.”

But Konstantin Malofeyev, a hawkish tycoon who sponsors a virulently nationalistic media outlet, welcomed Vucic’s defeat, denouncing him as a hypocrite who has tried to maneuver between Russia and the West.

“The Serbian people have delivered a historic verdict on the Vucic regime,” Malofeyev said on his Telegram channel. “The era of political hypocrisy and duplicity is drawing to a close."

In the past 14 years, Vucic served as a deputy prime minister, the prime minister and president.

As president for nearly 10 years, Vucic turned the largely ceremonial post into the center of power in the country. He was known for frequent addresses to the nation and appearances in pro-government media.

“He is a competitor who has mastered a technology of governing that is based on stick and carrot, and the idea that nobody but him is right,” Dejan Pavlovic, a professor in the Faculty of Political Sciences at the University of Belgrade, told The Associated Press recently.

Pavlovic described Vucic’s 14-year rule as a “textbook regime” of autocracy, with his party extending its control over the media, judiciary and other institutions, leaving nothing to chance.

“Cover it all: control the media, control the judiciary, control all institutions,” he explained.

In the highly organized ruling SNS party, Vucic commanded ultimate authority and loyalists were rewarded through lucrative deals with the state and protection from prosecution, Pavlovic said. Vucic, he said, “created a whole new elite in the Serbian society and that elite knew how to be thankful.”

Elections under Vucic were increasingly marred by reports of voting irregularities, violent incidents and complaints that his control over pro-government media and use of public funds to bribe voters gave his party an unfair advantage.

During the student-led protests, Vucic fenced off a central park outside his office in Belgrade and installed tents with groups of supporters as an apparent human shield. Investigative reporters identified some of the camp residents as people with criminal backgrounds and tied Vucic to criminal clans, which he refuted.

As he conceded defeat, Vucic vowed to keep fighting.

“Our structure is very firm, we are very united and strong, and we are used to being in opposition,” he said in a Sunday night speech.

Former President Boris Tadic believes Vucic would not have conceded in case of a less convincing student victory. But under the circumstances, “he could not avoid it.”

People celebrate after Aleksandar Vucic, leader of the right-wing Serbian Progressive Party (SNS) conceded defeat in the parliamentary election in Belgrade, Serbia, Sunday, Oct. 25, 2026. (AP Photo/Marko Drobnjakovic)

A defaced poster of Aleksandar Vucic, leader of the right-wing Serbian Progressive Party (SNS), lies on the pavement outside the National Assembly, after he conceded defeat in the parliamentary election in Belgrade, Serbia, Sunday, Oct. 25, 2026. (AP Photo/Armin Durgut)

People celebrate after Aleksandar Vucic, leader of the right-wing Serbian Progressive Party (SNS) conceded defeat in the parliamentary election in Belgrade, Serbia, Sunday, Oct. 25, 2026. (AP Photo/Marko Drobnjakovic)

Aleksandar Vucic, leader of the right-wing Serbian Progressive Party (SNS) speaks at the party headquarters, after conceding defeat in the parliamentary election in Belgrade, Serbia, Sunday, Oct. 25, 2026. (AP Photo/Darko Vojinovic)