GROOVE X Plans Second LOVOT Crowdfunding For Child Welfare Facilities
The second campaign is aimed at facilities that missed out last time, and GROOVE X is leaning on three years of reports from the first 71 sites to make that case.
Reporting from 1 source: ASCII.jp.
GROOVE X will run a second crowdfunding project in mid-November 2026 to deliver its LOVOT robots to child welfare facilities nationwide. The first project, in November 2023, drew support from 36,755 people and delivered 125 LOVOT sets to 71 facilities. The company says children at those facilities have welcomed LOVOT like a family member. Support methods and returns will be announced when the project publishes.
GROOVE X says there are more than 600 child welfare facilities in Japan, housing about 22,000 children. Under the national staffing standard, one staff member covers 5.5 children of elementary school age or older.
Yusuke Takada, director of the Salvation Army Kiekei Ryo, one of the facilities that received LOVOT, describes the robots as something that is always there when a child returns, and that comes back from the "LOVOT hospital" even after a breakdown. He notes LOVOT is not a replacement for staff.
Synthesized by Yomimono from the 1 cited source below, including Japanese-language reporting where cited, then editorially reviewed before publishing.