Robots Join CES Exhibits as Next AI Evolution

PYMNTS.com January 8, 2024

Just a week ago, the smart money was on artificial intelligence to dominate the Consumer Electronics Show. But someone forgot to tell the robots.

Because when the show opens on Tuesday (Jan. 9) in Las Vegas, robots will literally be roaming the aisles and stealing some thunder from some of the more practical uses of AI in the connected economy.

In fact, just two weeks after LG announced a “smart agent” mini-robot that interacts with simple verbal commands and patrols a home when its empty for wasted electricity and energy adjustments, a Chinese company called Kepler Electronics one upped it with a life-sized (5 feet 10, 187 pounds) “Forerunner” robot.

According to the press release, Forerunner features an “intelligent and...

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