Car showrooms could soon have a new member of staff greeting customers and answering questions. But they won’t be wearing a shiny suit or offering you the latest finance deal – they could be robots . Chinese car maker Chery, the company behind Omoda and Jaecoo, is pushing into humanoid robotics with a new brand called AiMoga, using technology developed for its cars to build robot assistants for showrooms, hospitals, shopping centres and even home life. I met the robots at Chery’s International Business Summit at the company’s headquarters in Wuhu, China. They also had a role at the Auto China 2026 motor show in Beijing, where they greeted guests, interacted with visitors and helped bring a bit of theatre to the stand. Chery says the idea is not only to show off a bit of futuristic tech, but to take the know-how gained from making cars and apply it to service robots that can be used in the real world.…