CES 2026: Here Are the Greatest Robots So Far for Housekeeping, Enjoyable and Extra

In the midst of CES 2026, we’re seeing extra know-how offload duties to robots, whether or not it is one thing as frequent as a vacuum or different family chores. This yr, they’re smarter, extra agile and delightfully extra bizarre — and principally powered by synthetic intelligence. For each new choice that is constructed to make your own home life simpler in a method or one other, there’s one other that exists solely to channel your nostalgia and have enjoyable with, and we aren’t in brief provide of both this yr.

Here are a number of the greatest and most attention-grabbing robots on the CES present flooring this yr; we’ll proceed so as to add extra as we uncover them. 

CLOiD by LG

While we do not fairly have a Rosey from The Jetsons but, LG’s CLOiD robotic guarantees lots. Using a mix of synthetic intelligence and vision-based know-how, CLOiD can carry out family duties, resembling cooking, laundry and extra. The bot is built-in with LG’s ThinQ ecosystem, which means that you will additionally have to produce other LG home equipment to get probably the most out of CLOiD. 

CLOiD seems just like the humanoid robotic future you’d anticipate it to. It consists of a head, torso, two arms and wheels for transferring round. And it is about as inoffensive because it will get, giving off an virtually cartoonish cute vibe. LG’s newest combines a collection of features into one robotic, making CLOiD a pivot level within the work of residence robotic helpers. 

Roborock Saros Rover

It’s humorous to assume that one of many first “robot” assistants began out as a vacuum, and we’re nonetheless attempting to excellent the duty. We’ve come a good distance from the primary technology of Roombas and Roborock’s Saros Rover exhibits us simply that. One of the largest duties that robotic vacuums have tried to deal with over time is how they navigate stairs and different obstacles, and the Roborock could be onto one thing with Rover’s angled legs. 

The Rover’s skill to clear stairs is certainly spectacular, however it’s removed from a velocity demon when taking over the duty. When we noticed the demo of the vacuum in motion, it took almost 40 seconds to clear 5 giant stairs, although it managed to scrub every stair on its method up. 

Pricing and availability for the Rover have but to be revealed, however we would not be shocked to see the leggy vacuum debut with a price ticket of $2,500 or extra. 

Sweekar

Let’s neglect all these robots with sensible features. If there is a gap in your coronary heart that solely an AI-powered Tamagotchi-like robotic can fill, your want has been granted with the Sweekar. Its schtick is that it’ll develop bodily bigger as you work together and lift it, first beginning out as an egg with ears. The egg will finally “hatch,” revealing a show that turns into Sweekar’s eyes. 

Sweekar has three life phases: child, teenager and maturity. To illustrate this additional, the little bot’s physique bodily grows larger all through every of those phases. Like older Tamagotchi gadgets, Sweekar requires extra interplay and care in its early phases of life and turns into extra unbiased and clever because it ages. And for those who neglect the Sweekar, it’s going to die, and you will want to begin over from scratch. 

This is a tool that is all for enjoyable however appears like a real successor to the pocket pets from the ’90s that took the world by storm. The Sweekar can be accessible later this yr for $150 on Kickstarter. 

New Boston Dynamics Atlas prototype

A pivot away from the robots dwelling in your house is a reputation that’s usually considered in relation to spectacular however creepy robotic prototypes: Boston Dynamics. Its newest basic goal robotic prototype, Atlas, now appears like the longer term.

The newest model of humanoid bipedal robotic, Atlas, can stroll with a assured stride, which instantly tells you it isn’t like its predecessors. It’s completely different and fluid. It additionally has 56 levels of freedom, absolutely rotational joints and fingers with tactile sensing capabilities. Its {hardware} is extra highly effective and dexterous, and that is simply the half of it.

Parent firm Hyundai additionally introduced a partnership with Google DeepMind, which might energy future robots. Although Atlas itself is designed for repetitive, meeting line work and can accomplish that at Hyundai’s manufacturing plant in Savannah, Georgia, the concept of Gemini powering the present is not simply spectacular — it is an essential step on this house.