Domestic robots to help in chores likely by ’27: Expert

With Artificial Intelligence (AI) fever running and rising every day, robots and humanoids should not be feared; but, that also depends on the wisdom and values that their creators possess.

Salient points from the conversation, when families, including content creators and the media; were introduced to a new form of entertainment in Dubai.

“I am speaking for my mom. When are you going to create a robot that would help her at home and do the chores?” was one raised by a daughter to Yong-ho Choi, the founder and chief executive officer/chief happiness officer of the one billion Won ($679.8 million) Galaxy Corporation.

“As a mother, I worry about robots being trained for evil or for something that is bad. How could we stop that?” was another concern raised to the South Korean who set up the entertainment-technology company seven years back in Seoul, with like-minded friends.

“Do you think that one day, robots will have their own mind and consciousness? Would they be able to make decisions on their own?” came from a content creator.

On the Gulf Today comment that AI is in reality “the sophisticated garbage in-garbage out,” Choi who, in his welcome remarks, for the media preview on the “Galaxy Robot Arena Dubai,” the world’s first robot arena to operate within a cinema, replied through a translator: “I agree. We need to put something good in order to have something good out of Artificial Intelligence. Our company values many things other than money.”

The last statement was a repeat as in an earlier question concerning “consciousness,” Choi said that the entire management and team have anchored ever since, “10 values like love and family which are the more important.”

“We are going to put these values into the heart of our robots so they could only help and protect humans and that is the path we are pursuing,” said Choi, nicknamed “Tech Maestro,” the youngest brainchild of a Korean-Unicorn company.

It is these values, the author of the “Dreams Come True,” said, that he and his colleagues want to propagate to the world, via Dubai.

“We believe we can make that come true in this city,” Choi continued in reference to the question of this reporter on whether they want to build their production/manufacturing facilities to the UAE.

“Six months ago, we already established an entity here in Dubai, and as we already know, people were leaving then. But, as an opposite, 20 people from our company and his family went here. This is how much I believe in this city and in this country,” he also said, adding that they are also eyeing the Middle East and global expansions form their adopted residence.

The following are Choi’s answers from the open forum held at the Reels Cinema in Dubai Mall, where the dancing and taekwondo performing humanoids would soon sway and jig to the tune of funky and powerful music:

• The availability of domestic robots for mothers is 2027. “We have to understand that there are some levels of chores. We have to develop them to know first housecleaning then caregiving. We need to train robots on how to care for the elders.”

• On the evilness of robots: “As a father, I have exactly the same concern as you. That is why we are doing this. The future of robots is about working alongside humans as interactive partners. If my son cannot control his smartphone, and one day he will have to control the robots, can they protect him? That is why, we are also developing a technology that would stop a robot in case of emergency. We are also doing a security system to protect privacy.”

• The consciousness of the robots must be warm and healthy: “Safety guidelines are being created. The Freebo should be controlled in a safe way that can only protect humans, especially children. By this time next year, we would be able to see the technology. But it should be safe to be released.”

The presence in Dubai follows their performance at the Sept. 21, 2026 “International Peace Day” at the Rockefeller Center in New York City.