AiMOGA Opens Global Pre-Orders for MOBO Home Companion Robot

AiMOGA, Chery’s robotics brand, has opened global pre-orders for MOBO, its first home companion robot. Launched in Wuhu on October 21, the robot marks a move beyond the company’s commercial-service business into family homes. A November 3 announcement issued by LUXEED places MOBO within Chery’s broader effort to share AI capabilities across vehicles and robots.

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• MOBO has 22 degrees of freedom and is designed for home companionship, with claimed family-member recognition and long-term memory.
• Global pre-orders opened on October 21; the announcements do not specify pricing or a customer-delivery schedule.
• Chery presents robotics and vehicle intelligence as complementary applications of its physical AI technology, with closer integration a longer-term ambition.

A robot designed around family interaction

According to Chery’s launch report, MOBO uses the MoAgent intelligent agent, combining household spatial awareness, conversation, full-body motion control and processing split between the robot and the cloud. The company says it can recognize family members, retain their preferences and divide longer tasks into steps.

The intended uses include companionship for children and older adults, alongside broader family support. Those are proposed applications rather than published evidence of independent caregiving capability. The launch materials do not provide task-success rates or detailed limits on what MOBO can do without assistance.

AiMOGA’s accompanying promotional video, published on October 30, introduces MOBO as a new member of the smart home:

The connection to Chery’s cars

The latest release identifies CheryMind as the physical AI foundation behind MOBO’s navigation, obstacle avoidance and task planning. It draws parallels with the perception, decision-making and motion control used in LUXEED’s driving and parking systems.

That is primarily a shared-technology argument. The release describes opportunities for closer connections between robots, vehicles and homes, rather than detailing a customer-ready MOBO–LUXEED integration or supported vehicle models.

For Chery, robotics offers another application for engineering and manufacturing capabilities developed in its automotive business. Whether that translates into useful household assistance will depend on the robot’s performance outside demonstrations, as well as the support available to buyers.

Pre-orders ahead of a wider rollout

Chery says AiMOGA plans an initial network of 300 experience centres worldwide. It also reports interest from more than 10,000 prospective users and appointed 35 early adopters as launch ambassadors. Those figures describe interest and participation, not completed MOBO deliveries.

For prospective customers, the next concrete details are price, delivery markets and dates, and the capabilities included at launch. Global pre-orders signal commercial intent, but those practical terms remain unspecified in the announcements.