STORY: From robotics to pocket pets, AI agents - that's autonomous software systems that use artificial intelligence - are central to many tech innovations at CES 2026.
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:: Las Vegas, Nevada
January 4, 2026
First-time exhibitor X-Origin AI has brought along its educational companion, Yonbo, which teaches children how to use AI prompts.
Here's Vice-President Silvia Fan: "Yonbo will lead kids into an AI imagined world. And the kids, well, it kind of can be immersive."
Zeroth is presenting a compact, lightweight humanoid robot that uses different AI software systems for different needs, as founder and CEO Renjie Guo explains.
"For example, for the elder people, we can download the agent to write the autobiography. For example you talk with them more and more, and AI will structure it into your own autobiography."
Also on display is Sweekar's AI Pocket Pet. Think Tamagotchi but much smarter.
Health tech includes Dephy's 'Sidekick,' which CEO and Co-Founder Luke Mooney describes as powered footwear, like an e-bike for walking.
"... with every step you take, it gives you a little boost and kind of helps you walk. We are really targeting and focusing on folks that can walk but have some challenges."
Gary Shapiro, CEO of the Consumer Technology Association, which runs CES, says artificial intelligence is making the world better from business to industry.
"What I'm excited about is seeing the solutions to big problems the world has. So food, people shouldn't be hungry. Food production. We have major companies like Caterpillar speaking. Also clean air, clean water, energy. That's not something we focused on before."
CES spans 13 venues in Las Vegas and 250,000 square meters of space, featuring thousands of exhibitors.
