It has a synthetic uterus, fake amniotic fluid, and a plastic umbilical cord. And if its creators are right, it might deliver a human baby by next year.
The robot is called GEAIR. It’s being developed by a Chinese tech company named Kaiwa, and it’s not a medical device or fertility aid. It’s a full-on artificial mother built to grow a baby from embryo to birth without a human body involved. The price? Around $14,000.
This isn’t a sci-fi teaser. It’s a working prototype, and they say it’ll be market-ready within a year.
Naturally, people are freaking out.
Artificial wombs aren’t new. Back in 2017, scientists kept premature lambs alive in fluid-filled sacs. But this is different.
GEAIR looks human. It stands upright. It “holds” its belly. It’s designed to mimic (not assist) human pregnancy. No mention yet of how it manages hormones, complications, or the developmental needs of a baby growing inside plastic. Those questions, apparently, are for later.
For now, it’s enough that the tech exists. And people are lining up.
China’s fertility rate is dropping. IVF is expanding. Surrogacy is banned. So for some, this robot is less Black Mirror and more… backup plan.
But it also raises questions nobody’s ready to answer. Do you give a robot legal rights? What does “mother” mean when there’s no body involved? And what happens when a child’s first sensory experience is plastic, not skin?
We’re about to find out.
About whether human life, from its very first moment, can be outsourced. GEAIR might still be a prototype. But the idea is already real. And it’s not going away.
Source: Vice