Archive · 6 January 2020

Samsung unveils Ballie, a rolling robot companion for the smart home

At its CES 2020 keynote Samsung showed a small ball-shaped robot meant to follow people around the home and look after them.

HS Kim presented Ballie on stage at Samsung's CES 2020 keynote as a small rolling robot that understands and responds to its owner's needs. In the demonstration it opened smart curtains, switched on a TV for a dog, sent the owner a video of the pet and summoned a robot vacuum to clean a spill. Samsung also said it could call for help if it saw someone fall. No price or release date was given. Ballie became a long-running example of the home companion robot as a friendly, mobile hub rather than a humanoid.

Source: Engadget

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