Moya

Moya is the prototype that made the internet do a double-take in early 2026: a female-presenting robot with skin warmed to body temperature, a face that mirrors yours, and a claimed gait "92% as human as the real thing." On a phone screen, it looks like the future arriving early.

Read the fine print and the picture cools. DroidUp showed Moya at its own Shanghai headquarters — not a vetted trade-show floor — and the clip went viral through tabloids, not through robotics press. Every number you've seen (the 32–36 °C skin, the 92% gait, the facial degrees of freedom) traces back to that single unveiling and has never been independently tested. In the demos that exist, the steps are stiff and audibly mechanical; one reviewer compared the walk to moving "in heels."

We include Moya because the ambition is real and the lab behind it is genuinely credible — and because warmth and lightness are exactly the right things to chase for companionship. But treat its entire spec sheet as a marketing promise from a thinly funded startup, not as fact.

The reported late-2026 window has nearly run out. As of October 30, 2026, DroidUp's site lists no price, order page or ship date for Moya, and its recent news is public appearances rather than sales. US buyers would face an extra hurdle: since July 28, 2026 the FCC's Covered List has included foreign-produced humanoid robots, so a model without an earlier FCC authorization can't get the one needed for US import or sale unless the Department of War grants a conditional approval. If even half of the spec sheet ships as claimed, Moya becomes one of the most important machines in this directory. That's a big if.