This lovable bladeless fan at CES 2026 is the right gadget for infants and toddlers

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ZDNET’s key takeaways

• Baby FuFu is a bladeless cooling fan that may be connected to a stroller or different objects.
• It’s superb for conserving toddlers and youngsters cool with out the hazards of conventional blade followers.
• The product will launch later this 12 months at a worth of vary of $50-$60.

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Parents know the significance of a very good stroller fan for conserving little ones cool in sizzling climate, however most choices in the marketplace have blades that you do not need toddlers, particularly, attempting to stay issues into. Enter Baby FuFu from Tokyo-based robotics startup Yukai, a transportable, bladeless fan designed for infants and toddlers to securely play with whereas staying cool, unveiled at CES 2026.

Baby FuFu seems to be like a plastic bear toy with an air stream popping out of its mouth. The blades are absolutely enclosed behind a slit plate, so even infants can safely deal with it — even when they attempt to put a finger contained in the bear’s mouth. 

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Kids can both maintain it to fan themselves, or dad and mom can wrap the legs and arms round a stroller deal with, permitting you to regulate it to blow in your youngster to maintain them cool. Press a button and change between three totally different airflow strengths. 

Baby FuFu is a similar design to the corporate’s Nekojita FuFu, slightly fan that cools your sizzling drink or meals for you. The identify comes from the “fu-fu” sound of blowing your breath on sizzling soup, for instance. (The firm calls each of those robots, although to me they’re extra “fan” than “robot fan.”) 

While there are different bladeless followers in the marketplace, none are ones that infants and younger youngsters can deal with themselves in a toy-like type.

“Baby FuFu grew out of Nekojita FuFu fans’ feedback that their children love not only cooling their food with it but also playing with it, pretending to fan their faces and blow-dry their hair,” Yukai Engineering CEO Shunsuke Aoki stated in a press launch. 

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“Many users also wanted FuFu made into a fan, so we created a robot that encourages toddlers to cool themselves with it to prevent heat stroke in hot weather, all the while having fun. Portable fans are now an essential summer item in many parts of the world, and we are very excited to introduce this adorable robot at CES 2026.”

Yukai plans to launch Baby FuFu to the final market in mid-2026. The worth has not but been finalized, however is prone to be between $50-$60, in line with the corporate.