Overview

• Kaiwa Technology, led by Dr. Zhang Qifeng in Guangzhou, describes a full-size robot designed to gestate a fetus in an amniotic-like chamber and deliver a baby.
• Reports cite an expected first prototype within about a year and a projected cost of under 100,000 yuan, roughly US$14,000.
• The company asserts the uterine system is “mature” and says animal tests succeeded, though those claims have not been independently verified.
• Coverage notes unanswered steps such as how fertilization and embryo implantation would occur, as well as unaddressed safety issues including hormonal and immune interactions.
• Prior artificial-womb research in premature lambs provides partial precedent, and the announcement has prompted wide ethical and legal debate in China and abroad, with the firm engaging Guangdong officials on policy.