UBTECH Walker S1: The Product Manager's Dilemma in B2B vs. B2C Robotics

Last autumn, I accompanied a boss who runs a senior living community to a robotics expo. He stood in front of the UBTECH booth for ten minutes, then told the sales rep: "Give me a robotic arm that can help elderly people go to the bathroom; that's way more practical than this dancing robot." The salesperson gave an awkward smile and said it was a next-gen product. When the UBTECH U1 debuted this year, my first reaction was: Has that boss's problem been solved?