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The Robots of CES 2023

Whether at home, work or somewhere along the way, you might interact with robots sooner than you think. From yardwork and security monitoring to self-driving boats and noninvasive water pipe inspection, here鈥檚 some highlights ...
Feb 21, 2023

This year, robots on the main expo floor at weren鈥檛 just for marketing purposes. I鈥檝e been tracking robots at CES for more than 10 years, watching the transition from robot toys to real robots. Increasing prominence has been given to self-driving cars, LiDARs, and eVTOL drones, but, in my mind, it was really the inclusion of John Deere and agricultural robots last year that confirmed that CES was incorporating more industry, more real machines, not just gadgets.

Eve from Halodi Robotics shakes hands at CES 2023 with Karinne Ramirez-Amaro, associate professor at Chalmers University of 九色视频 and head of IEEE Robotics and Automation Society鈥檚 Women in Engineering chapter. (Image source: Andra Keay)

The very first robot I saw was Eve from , exhibiting in the ADT Commercial booth. I am a big fan of this company. Not only do they have great robotics technology, which is very safe and collaborative, but I鈥檝e watched them go from an angel-funded startup to their first commercial deployments, providing 140 robots to ADT. One of their secrets has been spending the last year working closely with ADT to finetune the first production features of Eve, focusing on . In the future, Halodi has potential for many other applications including eldercare.

Another robot company (and robot) that I鈥檓 a big fan of is , and their mobile tray fetching robot for eldercare. Labrador exhibited their mobile robot in the AARP Innovation Lab pavilion, and are rolling out robots both in houses and in aged care facilities. There are two units pictured and the height of the platform can raise or lower depending on whether it needs to reach a countertop or fridge unit to retrieve items, like drinks and medications, or whether it needs to lower to become a bed- or chair-side table. These units can be commanded by voice, tablet, or scheduled to travel around designated 鈥榖us stops鈥 using advanced localization and mapping. The team at Labrador have a wealth of experience at other consumer robotics companies.

Two Retrievers from Labrador Robotics in the AARP Innovation Lab Pavilion at CES 2023. (Image source: Andra Keay)

I first met Sampriti Battacharya, pictured below with her autonomous electric boat, when she was still doing her robotics Ph.D. at MIT, dreaming about starting her own company. Five short years later, she鈥檚 now the proud founder of with not one but two working prototypes of the 鈥渂oat of the future.鈥 The Navier 30 is a 30鈥-long electric intelligent hydrofoil with a range of 75 nautical miles and a top speed of 35 knots. Not only is the electric hydrofoil 90% more energy efficient than traditional boats, but it eliminates sea sickness with a super smooth ride. Sampriti鈥檚 planning to revolutionize public transport for cities that span waterways, like San Francisco or Boston or New York.

Navier鈥檚 鈥榖oat of the future鈥 with founder Sampriti Battacharya, plus an extra stowaway quadruped robot from Unitree. Image source: Andra Keay

Another rapidly evolving robotics company is . Starting out as a prototype snow blowing robot, after five years of solid R&D, Snowbot has evolved into the . Imagine a smart docking mobile base which can be turned from a lawn mower to a snow blower or a leaf blower. It can navigate autonomously, and it鈥檚 electric of course.

Making Waves

I met French startup earlier in 2022 and was so impressed that I nominated them as an IEEE Entrepreneurship Star. Water utilities around the world are faced with aging and damaged infrastructure, inaccessible underground pipes, responsible for huge amounts of water loss, road and building damage. Acwa鈥檚 intelligent robot travels inside the pipes without stopping water flow and provides rapid precisely localized inspection data that can pinpoint leaks, cracks and deterioration. Acwa was nominated for honors in the Smart Cities category and also won CES Best of Innovation Award.

Acwa Robotics and CES 2023 Best of Innovation Awards (Image Source: Acwa Robotics)

Some other robotics companies and startups worth looking at were , , , , , , , , , , and . Let me know who I missed! According to the app, 278 companies tagged themselves as robotics, 73 as drones, 514 as vehicle tech, and 722 as startups. All in all, I鈥檇 say there were definitely more robots than previous years.

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Andra Keay
Vice President, Global Robotics
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