CareClever Cutii. For years, we’ve seen companion robots of all styles and sizes at CES—cuddlebots, canine robots, and robots that, er, do different issues. However over the past yr, robots for senior care took on a brand new and poignant urgency because the Covid-19 pandemic remoted susceptible populations away from their conventional assist networks of spouses, youngsters, and grandchildren. CareClever’s Cutii is likely one of the first companion robots that is able to be formally launched in 2021. It addresses a number of senior wants—companionship, connection, and logistical assist—and alone amongst companion bots, it’s uniquely cellular. You don’t must make your approach into the lounge to voice-activate a tool sitting on a desk. As an alternative, in case you’ve fallen, the Cutii will come at your name and dial your emergency contact. It could actually additionally remind you of your scheduled courses, flip off your lights, and escort you to the door and bid you farewell in your day by day Little Pandemic Stroll. Who wants greater than that from a live-in companion, amirite? —Adrienne So

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Toto Wellness Rest room. We knew that “good” bogs—sensor-filled bowls able to detecting early indicators of illness—had been virtually inevitable. However depart it to to Japanese bathroom producer Toto to provide the idea bathroom of the longer term, a ridiculously smooth “Wellness” bathroom that means you eat extra salmon and avocado. (I’m barely kidding.) Toto confirmed off a wide range of commode-related applied sciences throughout CES this week, together with a brand new washlet and touchless toilet fixtures, however the Wellness Rest room was the primary (and quantity two?) product. Toto says it makes use of “a number of cutting-edge sensing applied sciences” to scan an individual’s physique and their “key outputs” every time somebody sits on the bathroom. It then analyzes their waste and suggests dietary adjustments by way of a cellular app. Certain, you’ll be able to strap wearable sensors to your physique to glean insights about your well being in different, much less invasive methods, however Toto says the advantage of including AI to a rest room is that, properly, you utilize it on daily basis whether or not you’re enthusiastic about it or not. Toto says it should ship the Wellness Rest room to customers someday within the subsequent a number of years. And sure, it’s prone to be costly. However the bathroom of the longer term is nearly right here. You may even say we’re greatly surprised by it. —Lauren Goode

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