Robots for exhibitions, trade shows, retail experiences, and public engagement.
5 robots for this use case
SoftBank Robotics
The world's first social humanoid robot designed to live with humans. With over 15,000 units deployed worldwide in retail stores, hotels, hospitals, and schools, Pepper can read emotions through facial recognition and voice analysis. Now primarily available on a monthly lease basis (~$1,800/month) or by special order, Pepper remains the go-to robot for customer-facing interaction in retail and hospitality settings.
Promobot
A commercially proven service humanoid with deployments across 45+ countries. Promobot V.4 stands 150 cm tall with a customizable face, multilingual speech, and autonomous navigation. Widely used in healthcare facilities as a patient greeter and information kiosk, in retail stores for customer engagement, and in hotels as a concierge. Features face recognition, natural language processing, and can be configured with custom faces to match brand requirements.
Sanctuary AI
The second generation of Canada's leading humanoid. Phoenix Gen 2 features the Carbon 2.0 cognitive architecture with 3× faster task learning. Built in Vancouver with Magna International as manufacturing partner.
Sanctuary AI
Canada's leading humanoid robot, now in its 8th generation (Gen 8). Phoenix is powered by the proprietary Carbon AI cognitive architecture, which translates natural language into physical actions and can automate new tasks in under 24 hours. Gen 8 features improved 21-DOF hydraulic hands with tactile sensitivity down to 5 millinewtons — near-human level. Targeting a $40,000 price point at scale. Partnered with Magna International for automotive deployment across Ontario.
Engineered Arts
The world's most expressive humanoid robot face. Ameca features over 50 individually controllable facial actuators producing the most realistic expressions of any robot. Standing 180 cm tall, Ameca is used globally at trade shows, museums, and research institutions for human-robot interaction (HRI) research. Programmable via the Tritium web platform. Now priced from $100,000–$140,000 USD, down from earlier estimates.