Overview
- CES organizers and on-the-ground reporting highlighted robotics as the clearest example of AI moving from cloud software into hardware, with a spokesperson citing a surge in humanoid and manufacturing-focused machines.
- LG’s CLOiD home robot demonstrated autonomous tasks like folding laundry and fetching items using vision-language and action models, but the company says it remains under development with no commercial timeline.
- Roborock’s Saros Rover prototype climbed and cleaned stairs in a deliberate, slow demo and is still in development with no release date announced.
- Boston Dynamics and Hyundai positioned Atlas as an industrial humanoid for factories, detailing cameras, radar and 56 joints with 100-pound lifts, and Hyundai says it expects deployment on factory floors by 2028.
- A handful of devices are closer to market, including the LUBA 3 mower available now (around $2,399) and Aiper’s Scuba V3 pool cleaner slated for Q1 2026 (about $1,100), while SwitchBot’s Onero H1 is planned to ship this year.