Andrew Kiguel

Realbotix ($XBOT | $XBOTF) CEO Discusses AI Humanoid Robots and Commercial Growth

• Top takeaway Expects the subsidiary's NASDAQ listing via the OnContax transaction to close in the second half of 2026, arguing it could make Realbotix the first pure-play robotics company on the NASDAQ and attract ETF and specialty-fund attention, with a goal of having a robot open the market this fall.
• Argues most robotics investment is chasing industrial labor robots while the larger opportunity is the service sector — about 70% of the workforce is non-physical — which he calls a trillion-dollar opportunity for social robots.
• Points to new eldercare and education deals as commercial traction: an agreement with Bloom Services in the UK to pilot robots in retirement homes, and a first-of-its-kind deployment with the Salamanca School District in Upstate New York, with plans to reach about 500 high school students this fall.
• Claims Realbotix trades at about a $50 million valuation as of the July 2026 interview — a large discount to other robot companies in his view — and says he believes it can become a billion-dollar company.
• Describes a multi-stream revenue model of $12,000-$150,000 robots plus monthly AI fees, hardware sales and maintenance plans, with a lower-priced 'Echo' robot line expected within weeks of the interview.

Realbotix Investor Webinar: Commercial Traction, Nasdaq Path, and What Comes Next | April 23, 2026

• Top takeaway Kiguel says the company's top near-term milestone is completing the announced NASDAQ transaction, which he argues brings capital and a US listing without dilution while XBOT holders keep primary ownership — potentially the first pure-play humanoid robotics company on NASDAQ.
• He argues Realbotix is not competing with Tesla or Figure AI: their walking robots run about 30 minutes per charge, while his wheeled, wall-pluggable robots last around 10 hours and can safely serve public-facing roles in hotels, schools, and senior care.
• He points to Ericsson as early commercial traction: a CES rental programmed as a 6G expert for the Verizon head office turned into robot orders and, as of the webinar, delivery of the first Vinci vision robot.
• He says production should reach the hundreds of robots by the end of 2026 and thousands by the end of 2027, from a new US office that was under construction at the time of the webinar.
• He sees healthcare and education as the key next markets — companionship for lonely or elderly people, clinical-trial monitoring that he says removes human bias, and AI tutoring at a couple of dollars a month — with the vision-enabled Ask Aria app relaunching in May as a free trial before a paid tier.