"Every January, the Las Vegas Convention Center fills up with ideas that sit somewhere between prototype and inevitability. Some will vanish after a single news cycle, but a few feel like early drafts of how we will actually live with technology, once the spectacle wears off and the hardware shrinks into something you can forget about until you need it. Those are the ones worth bookmarking, the quiet experiments that hint at new categories rather than just new specs."
"Most quadruped robots people have seen are either industrial, loud, or built for stage demos rather than living rooms. Vbot is a companion robotic dog engineered around a single principle, Made to Be Near, designed for safe, quiet, human-scale proximity. The rounded body has no sharp edges, pinch-free joints maintain 2.5cm safety gaps, and soft-touch mesh covers the mechanical core. Low-noise locomotion using 3D-printed shock-dampening feet and tuned motors makes it quiet enough to watch over a sleeping baby."
"Vbot's social intelligence turns that safe form into something that feels alive and helpful. It interprets natural-language commands through tone, context, and meaning, understanding verbs like bring, follow, lead, show, or find without a remote. Agent intelligence breaks down objectives into steps, guiding visitors, escorting someone along a route, or positioning itself as a camera buddy for hands-free filming. It matches walking pace and repositions for better engagement."
Emerging consumer technologies show robots becoming household companions, ambient objects gaining expressive AI, and work gear shrinking into compact, space-saving appliances. Companion robots are designed for safe, quiet proximity with soft surfaces, pinch-free joints, and low-noise locomotion, enabling monitoring and hands-free assistance. Social and agent intelligence lets robots interpret natural language, execute stepwise objectives, guide visitors, and act as camera companions. Ambient devices add minimal, expressive AI rather than constant conversation. Compact workplace hardware focuses on reclaiming desktop space by integrating functionality into smaller, appliance-like forms suitable for home and office environments.
Read at Yanko Design - Modern Industrial Design News
Unable to calculate read time
Collection
[
|
...
]