Event
GROOVE X launches LOVOT companion robot
GROOVE X launched LOVOT and opened web reservations for the companion robot.
Evidence notes
- GROOVE X announced LOVOT on December 18, 2018 after more than three years of development.
- The robot combines body-wide touch sensing, expressive eye displays and the company's Emotional Robotics technology.
- Web reservations opened at launch, with first shipments then planned for late 2019.
Company context
GROOVE X develops and manufactures LOVOT, a wheeled companion robot designed for social interaction in homes, care settings and workplaces. Founded in Tokyo in 2015, the company combines expressive behaviour, touch sensing, thermal features, autonomous navigation and cloud-connected learning in a consumer robotic platform.
Context
- Company
- GROOVE X
- Segment
- Service
- Event type
- Product Launch
- Added to Korthos
- Jul 18, 2026
- Geography
- Tokyo · Japan