Chinese gaming firm Papergames is expanding into AI companion robots, hiring for AI robotics structural lead, hardware engineer and product manager roles. The company behind hit titles like Love and Deepspace aims to bring its virtual characters from 2D games into physical robot form, extending the emotional attachment users have built with game protagonists into the real world. High-end companion robots currently cost between 30,000 and 360,000 yuan, highlighting the challenge of making emotional AI hardware affordable. https://technode.com/2026/03/25/papergames-bets-on-emotional-ai-robots-virtual-gaming-characters-could-go-physical/ #China #Tech #AI #Papergames