We tried to get humanoid robots to do the laundry

Laundry is a complex, multistep chore many of us would happily hand off to a robot: collecting, sorting, loading, unloading, ...

Roborock introduces world’s first automated vacuum that actually cleans as it climbs

Chinese company Roborock offered a sneak peek at CES 2026 of an autonomous vacuum cleaner that doesn’t just avoid stairs, but ...
Interesting Engineering on MSN

Smart shoe-cleaning robot washes, dries, sanitizes footwear without harsh detergents

At CES 2026, the company is showcasing ClearX, which it describes as the world’s first intelligent shoe-cleaning robot ...
Homecrux

Beatbot Brings World’s First Self-Emptying Pool Cleaner and Self-Cleaning Dock to CES 2026

Beatbot unveiled its AquaSense ecosystem at CES 2026, with AquaSense X AI Robotic Pool Cleaner and the AstroRinse Cleaning Station.
Techlicious

Meet the Robot Mopvac That Turns Into a Handheld Cleaner

Lean’s TR1 robot mopvac converts into a handheld cleaner, promising to handle both routine cleaning and sudden spills with a ...

Roborock Saros Rover : First Robot Vacuum With Legs Unveiled at CES 2026

AI mapping with cameras and motion sensors guides careful movement around furniture, so cleaning stays precise without ...
CNET

I Watched a Robot Slowly and Inefficiently Load Laundry at CES

I watched Switchbot's Onero H1 attempt the first two of these tasks, and I wasn't impressed, especially since, unlike most ...
Wall Street Journal

Even the Companies Making Humanoid Robots Think They’re Overhyped

Billions of dollars are flowing into humanoid robot startups, as investors bet that the industry will soon put humanlike machines in warehouses, factories and our living rooms. Many leaders of those ...
IEEE

Design For Dust Cleaning Robot Using Embedded System

Abstract: The goal of designing a dust cleaning robot using embedded systems is to clean the floor automatically using a robot that can work in hazardous environments without the assistance of people, ...
IEEE

Human-Aware Robot Collaborative Task Planning Using Artificial Potential Field and DQN Reinforcement Learning

Abstract: This paper presents a novel way for Robot-Robot-Human interaction in a shared workspace for collaborative tasks and uses a multi-modal means of communication that includes hand gestures, ...