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At CES 2026, Narwal showcases it's latest flagship robot vacuum, new cordless handheld vacuums, and a mattress vacuum.
SwitchBot's CES 2026 involves more smart home automation, including an improved 3D facial recognition smart lock and a semi-humanoid household robot.
SwitchBot, known for its Matter-enabled smart vacuums and other smart home products, today introduced the Onero H1, a robot that is meant to automate household chores. The AI robot has a rolling base,
Object avoidance is a tough nut to crack on robot vacuums, but Narwal's new Flow 2 promises it has the best yet with a mix of on-board processing and AI cloud computing.
The SwitchBot Onero H1 is an embodied AI robot -- that is, a humanoid robot meant to eliminate the need for humans to do housework. Think of Rosie the Robot from The Jetsons -- the Onero H1 is like a tall, less tinny version of that: a wheeled robot that can do anything from laundry to dishes to picking up your kids' toys.
The company hopes its Eufy Clean Robot Vacuum Omni S2 will be your next robovac. The $1,600 device vacuums with 100 AW suction, and it mops, too. Anker claims the vac works on shag carpets up to about 2 inches (5 cm) in pile height. It has an 11.4-inch rolling mop that applies up to 15 N of downward pressure.
Known for its robot vacuum cleaners, Ecovacs shipped its first robot mower in 2023. The Ultramarine is the company’s first foray into robotic pool cleaners.
Since 2020, Samsung has been dangling a yellow ball in front of us. That sphere is a robot named Ballie that Samsung has teased and demoed for home use, including serving as a smart speaker. Today, Ballie is confirmed to be facing an eternity as vaporware.
SwitchBot has revealed the onero H1 humanoid robot, the Lock Vision smart locks, and more AI-powered home products at CES 2026. Check it out!
CES 2026 puts the spotlight on home appliances that think, listen and adapt. From AI-powered robots and giant TVs to smarter fridges and next-gen home security, here are the innovations we can’t wait to see.
At CES 2024 and 2025, Samsung showed off features including home monitoring, voice interaction, camera-based detection and built-in projection, and even announced plans to sell Ballie in the US and South Korea in 2025. Those timelines came and went.