AheadForm Origin F1 / M1 / Elf Xuan specs

AheadForm (China) AheadForm Origin F1 / M1 / Elf Xuan (1)

AheadForm (China) AheadForm Origin F1 / M1 / Elf Xuan (2)

AheadForm (China) AheadForm Origin F1 / M1 / Elf Xuan (3)

Quote onlyNo published price (October 2026 check). Origin F1 and Elf Xuan are ordered through an inquiry and reservation form on aheadform.com, and the Origin M1 page still says coming soon. Media figures of about $150,000 for the most advanced Origin M1 (unconfirmed) and $50,000 – $150,000 for Origin F1 (unconfirmed) do not come from AheadForm. Year is the Origin M1 reveal in 2025.

AvailableNot programmableLifelike facePupil camerasBrushless micro-motorsDesktop bust

Weeks+Shipping: Quote. Sold to businesses through an inquiry form on aheadform.com. Lead times and US delivery terms are not published. AheadForm inquiry ↗

Remote control: Not possible with public tools. Any development access goes through AheadForm's Origin F1 development interface, which has no public documentation.

AheadForm Origin F1 ↗AheadForm products ↗Elf Xuan ↗36Kr (Chinese) ↗Live Science on Origin M1 ↗

Overview

Hyper-realistic robot faces from a startup founded in December 2024 by Yuhang Hu, a Columbia University PhD from the Creative Machines Lab. The male Origin M1 bust went viral in 2025 for blinking, nodding and micro-expressions driven by up to 25 brushless micro-motors (unconfirmed) under silicone skin, with cameras in its pupils. Origin F1 is the standardized desktop version with 26 degrees of freedom across head, eyes and face, skin that shows veins and small muscle shifts, and AheadForm's own multimodal AI, and it drew crowds at WAIC in Shanghai in July 2026. The Elf series, led by the elf-eared Elf Xuan with 30+ facial degrees of freedom, is a stage performer that sang at a February 2026 robot gala. It is a talking face like Furhat and rivals Moya for realism, but there is no public price, spec sheet or SDK.

Specifications

Category	Companion robots · Desk & social robots
Released	2025
Country	China
Availability	Available
Programmability	Limited SDK
Built-in autonomy	Reactive · Responds to its surroundings without a map, such as avoiding obstacles or following a person
LLM support	Built-in LLM chat · AheadForm's own CharacterMind multimodal model combines voice, vision, context and emotion so the robot chooses its gaze, smiles and nods while it talks. AheadForm (Chinese site) ↗
MuJoCo simulation	None found · Nothing found.
NVIDIA Isaac simulation	None found · Nothing found.
Gazebo simulation	None found · Nothing found.
Best for	Ages 18+ (estimated)
Vision sensors	Camera
Actuators	Brushless / direct-drive motors
Audio	Speaker, Microphone
Compute type	Unknown
Remote control	Not programmable
Size	Desktop head-and-shoulders bust (Origin F1 and M1). Elf Xuan is a seated full figure, and Elf Xuan 2.0 adds a moving upper body. Dimensions not published
Drive	Stationary. Elf Xuan 2.0 also moves its waist and arms
Compute	Not published
Vision	Cameras embedded in the pupils for eye contact and recognition
Lidar	None
Sensors	Pupil cameras, microphones and speakers, plus conversation memory
Runtime	Not published
Speed	N/A
SDK	No public SDK. The official Chinese Origin F1 page says it ships with a stable system and development interface for secondary development and algorithm tuning