Robots, VR and AR dominate the third Consumer Electronics Show Asia in Shanghai
It may be far smaller than the Las Vegas parent event, but with many products and launches for the region’s booming tech sector, CES Asia can no longer be considered wet behind the ears
Robots and robotics stole the limelight at the third edition of the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) Asia, which was held this month at the Shanghai New International Exhibition Centre to showcase China’s most innovative companies.
PowerVision’s PowerRay, a robotic drone for ice-fishing, pulled the biggest crowds. The PowerRay can swim to 30m below the surface, use its own sonar system to find fish, then stream 4K Ultra HD videos – of fish – up to the lazy fisherman’s smartphone.
There were plenty of other more terrestrial robots on show. A fleet of AvatarMind’s iPal robots were busy singing away in unison, while the Qihan Sanbot – a service droid designed to work in shops, or help around hospitals – was strutting its stuff (actually its flipper-like arms) on the catwalk over on the “robots on the runway” stage.
