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This soft humanoid robot is designed to be ‘physically safe and socially approachable’

Sprout stands just 3.5-feet tall and is light enough for one person to carry around. | Screenshot: YouTube A startup called Fauna Robotics has revealed a new humanoid robot called Sprout it’s been developing over the past two years. Standing around 3.5-feet tall, Sprout’s design, featuring a soft padded exterior, a wide head, and expressive […]

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What surprised us the most at CES 2026

There are some things you can reliably expect to see at the Consumer Electronics Show every year. Companies will announce big splashy TVs, there’s going to be a bunch of new gadgets for charging your other gadgets, and the odds are good that a robot or two is going to hilariously malfunction. But CES always

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AI moves into the real world as companion robots and pets

Uncanny valley meets Bichon Frisé. Artificial intelligence doesn’t always want to optimize your life or steal your job. Sometimes, AI just wants to be your friend. And while robot pets weren’t the biggest stars of CES 2026, they’ve become more than just noise and are signaling how AI is apparently leaving our screens and taking

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CES promises the robot butler, but delivers better Roombas instead

SwitchBot’s Onero H1 is the only multi-purpose home robot with any firm release plan, and even that is just “soon.” If you listen to the CES hype machine this year, you might think that robots are finally ready to take over your domestic duties. To some extent that’s true, but take note of the plural:

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Roborock’s new Saros 20 robot vacuum cleaners got a climbing upgrade

Roborock’s latest robovacs don’t need help getting out of tricky situations. At least, that’s one of the perks of the improved AdaptiLift Chassis 3.0 on the Roborock Saros 20 and Saros 20 Sonic announced today at CES 2026. The upgraded chassis in Roborock’s new flagship robot vacuum cleaners allows the bots to climb over thresholds

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Roborock launches its first robot lawn mower in the US

Roborock is finally bringing its bots to yards in the US, several months after expanding into robot lawn mowers last year. The Roborock RockMow X1 LiDAR, announced today at CES, will be launching later this year, featuring autonomous navigation, all-wheel drive, and 360-degree 3D scanning using a combination of LiDAR and Visual Simultaneous Localization and

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