Haier unveils HIVA home humanoid robot at AWE 2026 for laundry and chores
CyberRobooo · x · 2026-09-08
Haier unveiled HIVA, a wheeled home humanoid robot, at AWE 2026 (China's CES), positioning it as the final piece of its unmanned household chore ecosystem — handling tasks like tidying up, doing laundry, folding clothes, and cleaning desktops.
It's the latest sign of major appliance makers moving into embodied home robotics: the author quips that what people really want is an agent that grabs a drink from the fridge and hands it to you while you watch TV.
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