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Elise Poore

'I would never let a robot incubate my child': Poll on 'pregnancy robots' divides Live Science readers

A human hand touches a robot hand.

Would you use a surrogate robot to carry your child from conception to birth? In a Live Science poll, we asked readers if they would use a so-called "pregnancy robot" in response to false news of the technology being developed in China that spread across the web.

The supposed CEO of the robot company reportedly proclaimed that the development of the robot was close to completion, and that a prototype would be ready as early as 2026. While the story was pure fiction, it sparked a discussion about whether such technology is feasible—or ethical.

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