Kwak Doyeon:
"This Year Marks Entry into the AI Healthcare Robot Market"
Bodyfriend, a healthcare robot company participating in CES 2026, the world's largest home appliance and information technology (IT) exhibition, is receiving an explosive response from visitors.
At the Bodyfriend booth at CES 2026, visitors are experiencing the AI healthcare robot '733'. Bodyfriend
According to industry sources on January 9, Bodyfriend’s large-scale experiential booth at the Central Hall of the Las Vegas Convention Center in the United States has been crowded with visitors every day.
In particular, the wearable AI healthcare robot '733' has generated an enthusiastic response among visitors who experienced it firsthand. The 733 is designed to allow users to feel the benefits of full-body stretching, with segmented movements for the arms, shoulders, legs, and ankles, taking into account the structure of the human body and the coordination of each part.
Justin Marmostein, a visitor who tried the AI healthcare robot 733, said, "The way the arms and shoulders stretch was very impressive, and it felt as if I was wearing a robotic suit that stretches and corrects my body. It was like becoming Iron Man or a Transformer."
The technical sophistication of the AI embedded in the healthcare robots, which analyzes an individual’s physical condition to provide personalized massage and healthcare services, also drew widespread amazement.
The AI healthcare robot 'Da Vinci AI' offers a massage program specialized in relieving fatigue, based on stress index analysis using a PPG (photoplethysmography) sensor. It also provides personalized massage programs tailored to individual data such as age, gender, and physical condition; a massage program that combines Eastern classical fortune-telling with Western MBTI personality testing; and a healing sound function that adjusts the beat (BPM) of the music according to heart rhythm, thereby delivering a data-driven healthcare experience.
Isabella Rascon, who experienced Da Vinci AI, said, "It was refreshing to see that fatigue was measured based on biometric signals, and that the massage and music changed accordingly. I’m interested in the current trend of K-culture, and the Saju Palja massage was truly unique and fascinating. It told me my fortune for the day and then delivered an AI massage based on that, which was an entirely new experience for me. It was a healing moment in the midst of a busy exhibition."
In addition, various healthcare robots showcasing Bodyfriend’s technological prowess, such as the 'Quantum Beauty Capsule' that combines healthcare and beauty care, and 'Eden Robo,' which helps relax muscles through full-body twisting motions, also attracted many visitors.
Bodyfriend Co-CEO Kwak Doyeon stated, "2026 marks the year Bodyfriend will fully enter the AI healthcare robot market. We plan to evolve into a generative AI healthcare solution that provides personalized massage experiences tailored to individual conditions and lifestyle patterns, by combining conversational AI based on large language models (LLMs) for natural user interaction with sensor technology that recognizes and analyzes physical and biometric signals."
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