Realbotix Deploys AI Tutor and Humanoid Robot in US Public School Pilot

June 24, 2026 
Mike Kalil

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Las Vegas-based Realbotix Corp. just announced it’s launching a pilot program with the Salamanca City Central School District on the Seneca Nation Reservation in New York. They’re calling it the first deployment of a humanoid robot and AI-powered teacher’s assistant in a US public school district.

Realbotix says it will provide its Optio, its AI teacher’s assistant and at-home tutor, for personalized curriculum-trained avatars for concept reinforcement, individual tutoring, and 24/7 homework support in multiple languages. The company says the system has education-specific guardrails with full district oversight.

The AI will pair with a Realbotix M-Series full-bodied humanoid robot with 39 degrees of freedom. The robot has a modular upper-body design and micromotors in its face powering lifelike expressions.

According to the announcement, the pilot will initially support high school students in Woz ED AI and Robotics courses (as part of Steve Wozniak’s STEM pathways program). Plans call for expanding it to 500 students in Fall 2026.

Realbotix CEO Andrew Kiguel called it a “landmark moment for both AI and humanoid robotics.” Superintendent Dr. Mark Beehler said it will provide students with a “‘safe, Salamanca-specific AI tutor and our educators with customized AI tools.”

Realbotix was born out of San Marcos-based Abyss Creations, which became famous starting in the 1990s for its lifelike doll companions. One of its Real Dolls starred in the 2007 movie Lars and the Real Girl alongside Ryan Gosling. Cincinnati-based Onconetix is in the process of acquiring the company in an all-stock transaction, with closing expected later in 2026.

Realbotix’s products range in price from $20,000 for an android bust to more than $125,000 for a full-bodied variant.