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A theatre stage, a hotel reception, a trade fair in Shanghai and an athletics track. This is what the robot did in each of those places.
- Ljubljana, SI
Lumen 55 at the Social Innovation Festival 2026
On 14 October 2026 we presented Lumen 55, our holographic AI robot, at Center Rog in Ljubljana. Among the visitors who talked with it were Marko Lotrič, President of the National Council, and State Secretary Leon Korošec, MSc.
- Sarajevo, BA
Roby appears as a guest at a pre-election rally in Sarajevo
Humanoid robot Roby took the stage at the central rally of the SBB party at Dom mladih in Sarajevo. The same evening he was a guest on Face TV’s Centralni dnevnik.
- Slovenske Konjice, SI
Jože Crosses the Finish Line: First Humanoid Runner at the Konjice Marathon Completes 100 Metres in 46 Seconds
In front of a home crowd, Jože ran 100 metres on the start-finish straight in 46 seconds. Earlier that day he volunteered at the marathon’s information points.
- Zagreb, HR
Tonka at the reception marking the 77th anniversary of the founding of the People’s Republic of China
At the PRC Embassy reception in Zagreb, Tonka welcomed guests in three languages and interpreted the Ambassador’s remarks from English into Croatian.
- Shanghai, CN
Europe’s first humanoid hotel receptionist premieres at MWC Shanghai 2026
At UNIDO’s invitation we presented humanoid receptionist Jože and screened the first public footage of a hotel reception pilot in Slovenia.
- Slovenske Konjice, SI
Jože trains for the Konjice Marathon 2026
Jože joined the Konjice athletics school and became the first humanoid robot in Slovenia to register officially for a marathon event.
- Celje, SI
Business breakfast at the Celje Chamber of Craft and Small Business
A discussion of what service and humanoid robots change in customer service and hiring, with a live demonstration for local business owners.
- Maribor, SI
Jože at the Podravje innovation awards
At the Štajerska Chamber of Commerce awards, Jože stood among the honoured innovators as a working robot, not an exhibit.
- Opatija, HR
Tonka and Jože share a stage for the first time at MIPRO 2026
Tonka opened the 49th MIPRO congress and later joined Jože on the panel stage. Two robots, two countries, one team.
- Ljubljana, SI
Jože opened BTC’s Day of Innovation 2026 with the keynote
A keynote on human creativity, courage and persistence, after which Jože invited the BTC chief executive on stage.
- Slovenske Konjice, SI
A first for Slovenian theatre: a humanoid robot on stage with human actors
In a production by students of the Slovenske Konjice grammar school, a humanoid robot performed in a live theatre play alongside human actors for the first time in Slovenia.
- Ljubljana, SI
A working meeting at the Jožef Stefan Institute
A meeting with researchers and a live demonstration: their Talos robot and our Jože in the same lab. One question ran through it. What from the lab is already usable at a customer site.
- Celje, SI
A humanoid robot on a circular-economy production floor: demonstration at Aquafil
A demonstration at AquafilSLO, one of Europe’s leading circular-economy companies, showing how a humanoid robot works next to people on a demanding production floor.
- Pakrac, HR
We opened our Croatian headquarters and humanoid robotics lab in Pakrac
At the Pakrac Entrepreneurship Centre we opened our Croatian headquarters, a development lab and a service point for humanoid robots.
- Hangzhou, CN
Business and engineering meeting at Unitree Robotics headquarters in Hangzhou
With our key strategic partner we agreed the next steps: a hotel reception pilot, integration of our voice layer, and a European centre for humanoid robotics in Pakrac.
- Zagreb, HR
Tonka held a live conversation with the Croatian Prime Minister in Zagreb
At the National Council for Digital Transformation, Tonka held an unscripted exchange with Prime Minister Andrej Plenković.
- Biograd na Moru, HR
Croatia’s first humanoid robot Tonka takes the stage in Biograd na Moru
Tonka appeared before more than a thousand people on the city day of Biograd na Moru.
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