CES Special Coverage

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Date:

January 6 – 9, 2026

Location:

Las Vegas Convention Center,
3150 Paradise Rd
Las Vegas, Nevada 89109

Website:

www.ces.tech

The Consumer Electronics Show is one of the biggest technology tradeshows in the world. Held in the Las Vegas Convention Center, CES typically features more than 2,300 exhibitors and attracts tens of thousands of attendees from around the world annually. From TVs and folding smartphones to autonomous vehicles and warehouse robotics, the products and services on display run the technological gamut. The show is organized by the Consumer Technology Association and was started in 1967.

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CES 2026: XELA Robotics demos 3D tactile sensor to give robots a human sense of touch

CES 2026: XELA Robotics demos 3D tactile sensor to give robots a human sense of touch

January 9, 2026 · At CES 2026, XELA Robotics showcased its uSkin sensor technology that provides a human sense of touch for humanoid and industrial robots.

CES 2026: Orbbec unveils new Gemini 3D cameras to advance future of robotic vision

CES 2026: Orbbec unveils new Gemini 3D cameras to advance future of robotic vision

January 8, 2026 · At CES 2026, Orbbec unveiled two new Gemini stereo 3D vision cameras and announced platform capability with its cameras and NVIDIA Jetson Thor.

CES 2026: Universal Robots, Robotiq showcase palletizing offering in collaboration with Siemens

CES 2026: Universal Robots, Robotiq showcase palletizing offering in collaboration with Siemens

January 8, 2026 · At CES 2026, Universal Robots and Robotiq, in collaboration with Siemens, demonstrated a palletizing offering integrated with Digital Twin Composer software.

CES 2026: Boston Dynamics unveils new Atlas humanoid robot

CES 2026: Boston Dynamics unveils new Atlas humanoid robot

January 7, 2026 · At CES 2026, Boston Dynamics announced a new version of its Atlas humanoid robot and highlighted upcoming deployments at Hyundai and Google DeepMind.

CES 2026: AMD introduces Ryzen AI Embedded processor portfolio

CES 2026: AMD introduces Ryzen AI Embedded processor portfolio

January 6, 2026 · AMD introduced the Ryzen AI Embedded Series processor to deliver energy-efficient, low-latency AI for various automation and autonomous systems.

CES 2026: NEURA Robotics to showcase next-generation humanoid and Neuraverse platform

January 2, 2026 · At CES 2026 in Las Vegas, NEURA Robotics will showcase the next generation of its humanoid robot along with its Neuraverse operating system platform.

Robotics and automation conferences guide 2026: Dates, locations and more

January 1, 2026 · 2026 will be busy for robotics and automation conferences. Our list of 15 manufacturing, warehousing, supply chain and logistics events will get your travel plans finalized.

CES 2026: Schaeffler presents planetary gear actuator for humanoid robots

December 23, 2025 · At CES 2026, Schaeffler will showcase its new planetary gear actuator, featuring a two-stage gearbox, electric motor, encoder and controller, made specifically for humanoid robots.

CES 2026: e-con Systems launches Darsi Pro, a NVIDIA Jetson-powered AI compute box

December 21, 2025 · At CES 2026, e-con Systems is launching the Darsi Pro, an edge AI vision box built on the NVIDIA Jetson platform to handle autonomous workloads in physical AI applications.

Voyant Photonics introduces Helium family of fully solid-state lidar sensors and modules

December 19, 2025 · Voyant Photonics introduced its Helium family of solid-state lidar sensors and modules, bringing scalable, cost-effective and high-resolution 4D point cloud data to the market.

Robotic pet company Tombot secures $6.1M Series A funding

June 13, 2025 · Tombot secured $6.1M in Series A funding, as the company looks to serve the healthcare and senior care industries with its robotic pets.

LG acquires majority stake in Bear Robotics

January 31, 2025 · Upon completing a call option to raise its shares to 51%, LG will integrate its commercial robot business centered around CLOi hospitality and service AMRs with Bear Robotics.

Limelight, Hailo introduce Limelight 4 smart camera at CES 2025

January 26, 2025 · The Limelight 4 camera, powered by the Hailo-8 AI accelerator, can enable low-code robotic vision. FIRST 2025 will use exclusively Limelight Vision cameras and controllers.

CES 2025: RealMan Robotics showcases humanoid robot arms, actuators and more

January 9, 2025 · RealMan Robotics showcased a slew of robotic offerings at CES 2025 in Las Vegas, including its ultra-lightweight humanoid robotic arms, robot actuators and more.

Unitree Robotics teaches humanoids to dance with motion capture data

January 9, 2025 · Unitree Robotics has updated its humanoid robots with the ability to dance thanks to motion capture data via an open-source full-body motion dataset.

CES 2025: Ottonomy Contextual AI 2.0 runs edge VLMs on Amberella N1 SoCs

January 8, 2025 · Ottonomy’s Ottobot AMRs for last mile delivery and intralogistics will now run edge vision language models (VLMs) on Ambarella's N1 family of SoCs.

CES 2025: NVIDIA launches Cosmos world foundation model, expands Omniverse

January 8, 2025 · At CES 2025, NVIDIA launched its Cosmos world foundation model to advance physical AI development and expanded its Omniverse generative physical AI capabilities.

CES 2025: Ubicept showcases new photonic computer vision technology for rapid prototyping

January 7, 2025 · Ubicept unveiled its newest photonic computer vision technology at CES 2025. The advanced machine perception is now available for rapid prototyping across robotic technologies.

CES 2025: Voyant Photonics CARBON lidar now available

December 29, 2024 · Voyant Photonics’ Carbon FMCW lidar sensor is now available for order. Weighing under 10 ounces, the component’s camera-like sensing capabilities will be demonstrated at CES 2025.

Point One Navigation selected by Indy Autonomous Challenge to provide car positioning at CES 2024

January 17, 2024 · Point One Navigation was chosen by the Indy Autonomous Challenge as the real-time kinematic corrections technology for the autonomous racing cars at CES 2024.

 

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