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In the middle Consumer Electronics Show 2026We’re seeing more tasks being handled by robots, whether it’s something as common as vacuuming or other household chores. This year, they’re smarter, more flexible, more quirky — and mostly empowered artificial intelligence. For every new option designed to make your home life easier in one way or another, there’s another that exists solely to channel your nostalgia and enjoy it, and we’re in short supply of neither this year.
Here are some of the best and most interesting robots ever CES showroom this year; We’ll keep adding more as we discover them.
LG CLOiD
LG’s home robot, which has the skills to wash, cook and unload the dishwasher, could mark a major turning point in the field of home robotics.
Although we haven’t gotten Rosey from The Jetsons yet, LG’s CLOiD robot promises a lot. Using a combination of artificial intelligence and vision-based technology, CLOiD can perform household tasks, such as cooking, laundry, and more. The robot is integrated with LG’s ThinQ ecosystem, which means you’ll also need to own other LG devices to get the most out of CLOiD.
CLOiD looks like the humanoid robot future you expect. It consists of a head, torso, arms and wheels for mobility. Which is as harmless as it gets, giving it an almost cute cartoonish feel. LG’s latest innovation combines a series of functions into one robot, making CLOiD a focal point in the work of home robotic assistants.
Roborock Saros Rover
Roborock’s Saros Rover is more flexible with its unique legs.
It’s funny to think that one of the first “robot” assistants started out as a vacuum cleaner, and we’re still trying to master the task. We’ve come a long way since the first generation Roombas and Roborock Saros Rover It shows us just that. One of the biggest tasks robotic vacuums have tried to tackle over the years is how to navigate stairs and other obstacles, and Roborock may be on to something with the Rover’s angled legs.
The rover’s ability to climb stairs is truly impressive, but it’s far from being a speed demon when doing the job. When we watched a demo of the vacuum in action, it took nearly 40 seconds to sweep five large stairs, though it managed to clean every stair on its way up.
Pricing and availability for the Rover have yet to be revealed, but we wouldn’t be surprised to see the debut of a tall vacuum priced at $2,500 or more.
receptive
Yes, it is artificial intelligence. But it’s also much more than that.
Let’s forget all those robots with practical jobs. If there’s a hole in your heart that only an AI Tamagotchi-like robot can fill, your wish has been granted by receptive. Their advantage is that they will grow physically larger as you interact with them and raise them, first starting out as an eared egg. The egg will eventually “hatch”, revealing a screen that becomes Swikar’s eyes.
Swikar’s life goes through three stages: child, teenager, and adulthood. To explain this further, the little robot’s body grows larger during each of these stages. Like older Tamagotchis, Swikar requires more interaction and care in the early stages of his life and becomes more independent and intelligent as he gets older. If you neglect the Swikar, it will die, and you will need to start over from scratch.
This is a device meant for fun but feels like a true successor to the pocket pets from the 90s that took the world by storm. The Sweekar will be available later this year for $150 on Kickstarter.
New Boston Dynamics Atlas model
Atlas says “Hello!”
Staying Away from the Robots Living in Your House is the name often thought of when it comes to impressive but scary robot models: Boston Dynamics. Latest model general purpose robot, Atlas, now looks like the future.
The latest version of the bipedal humanoid robot, Atlas, can walk with a confident stride, which immediately tells you it’s not like its predecessors. It’s different and fluid. It also has 56 degrees of freedom, fully rotatable joints and hands with tactile sensing capabilities. Its hardware is more powerful and slick, and that’s only half of it.
Parent company Hyundai also announced a partnership with Google DeepMind, which could power future robots. Although the Atlas itself is designed for repetitive assembly-line work and will do so at Hyundai’s plant in Savannah, Georgia, the idea of the Gemini running the show isn’t just an impressive idea — it’s an important step in the field.