Skild AI, which is building general-purpose robotic software, just raised a $1.4 billion funding round led by SoftBank.
1X released a new world model that it says is a solid step toward its robots being able to teach themselves new tasks.
If the robots don’t always give a totally accurate representation of where commercial deployment is at the moment, they do give visitors a peek at where their parent companies might be headed.
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After years of chatbots and image generators, AI is finally leaving the screen. At CES 2026, that shift became impossible to ignore. The annual tech showcase in Las Vegas was dominated by “physical AI” and robotics, from Bos…
CES is always chock-full of robots, and this year electronics giant LG announced a new bot, dubbed CLOid, that it claims will revolutionize household chores (as in, you won’t have to do them anymore).
Caterpillar is piloting Cat AI, a system of AI agents in one of its excavators built on Nvidia’s physical AI platform.
Razer Project Motoko is a CES 2026 concept headset with two eye-level cameras and multi-mic audio, built for hands-free POV capture and computer vision. A Developer Kit is planned for Q2 2026.
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CES 2026 is in full swing in Las Vegas, with the show floor open to the public after a packed couple of days occupied by press conferences from the likes of Nvidia, Sony, and AMD and previews from Sunday’s Unveiled event.
Mentee Robotics was co-founded by Mobileye president Amnon Shashua.