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Lightberry Launches Lumi: A $39,990 Interactive Humanoid Robot for Businesses

San Francisco-based Lightberry has opened reservations for Lumi, a 4-foot-2-inch interactive humanoid robot priced at $39,990 for the first 100 units. This initiative aims to facilitate commercial deployments of expressive humanoids for businesses that lack in-house robotics expertise. Lumi's design incorporates a mechanical chassis from Unitree, featuring a total of 34 degrees of freedom, including an upgraded sensory stack and a powerful NVIDIA Jetson Thor T4000 system-on-module. This advanced configuration allows Lumi to engage in real-time human interaction, positioning it as a tool for marketing, hospitality, and customer engagement rather than traditional industrial applications. As Lightberry navigates the challenges of the North American hardware landscape, the launch of Lumi comes at a critical time for domestic robotics. The company’s innovative approach and focus on interactive capabilities will be essential to watch as they seek to redefine the role of humanoid robots in commercial settings.