Video: Lovense’s companion robot doll blends AI memory with lifelike physical design

The doll pairs a humanoid body with Lovense’s AI, designed to deliver human-like cognition, emotional awareness, and expression.

Singapore-based Lovense made a striking CES 2026 debut with Emily, an AI-powered companion doll pitched as more than a life-size sex doll.

Known for app-connected sex toys, the company says Emily pairs a realistic silicone body, posable skeleton, and limited facial movement with proprietary AI promising human-like cognition and emotional awareness.

According to the firm, the system can converse, remember past interactions, and adapt its personality over time.

Lovense frames the product as a physical evolution of virtual companions, aiming to address loneliness through accumulating, relationship-driven interaction at the show this week in Las Vegas

Intimacy meets AI

Lovense drew attention at CES with its AI-powered “companion doll,” designed to move beyond the traditional life-size sex doll.

Called Emily, the product combines a physical humanoid form with the company’s proprietary AI engine, which Lovense says is built to deliver human-like cognition, emotional awareness, and expressive behavior. The company positions Emily as a response to growing global loneliness, arguing that relationships with the system deepen over time as the AI learns, remembers, and adapts to individual users, reports Engadget.

While the concept leans heavily on software, the hardware plays a supporting role. Emily features a realistic silicone exterior and a fully posable internal skeleton throughout most of the body. Inside the head, servos and mechanical components enable limited facial animation, including subtle mouth movement during speech and basic expressions like blinking or attempted winking. These gestures are meant to make interactions feel more natural, even if they remain restrained.

According to Engadget, Lovense has shared a few details about other physical systems, but says the doll includes built-in Bluetooth connectivity that allows it to integrate with the wider Lovense ecosystem of devices. On a single charge, Emily can operate for up to eight hours. According to the company, the combination of physical presence and evolving AI marks the next step beyond virtual companions confined to screens.

Human-like companionship

Lovense is placing the emphasis less on physical design and more on the AI engine that drives Emily’s behavior and interactions.

The company says the software is designed to remember details from past conversations, allowing interactions to feel more personal over time and encouraging what it describes as a deeper emotional connection. Users are not limited to engaging with the doll in person. Through the Lovense app, they can message the AI remotely and even request AI-generated selfies that reflect Emily’s physical appearance, reports Cnet.

Connectivity plays a key role in this experience. Emily’s ability to connect to the Lovense app via Bluetooth enables continuous interaction even when the user is not physically nearby. Both the doll’s personality and physical traits can be customized, and the company emphasized adaptability and personalization as core features.

During demonstrations, Lovense framed Emily less as a sex device and more as a long-term companion. Marketing materials describe the doll as a way to build confidence through judgment-free interaction and to explore intimacy in a controlled, safe setting, with the broader goal of helping users feel more comfortable engaging with others, reports Cnet.

Lovense is positioning Emily within an expanding ecosystem that blends hardware, software, and machine learning. Pricing is expected to range from $4,000 to $8,000, with shipments planned for 2027. A $200 reservation secures a place on the waitlist.