The coolest technology shown on Day 2 of CES 2026 in Las Vegas drew major attention on newly opened showroom floors as crowds moved through exhibits featuring robots, AI companions and other consumer and business-focused tech.
Siemens opened the day with a keynote from President and CEO Roland Busch that focused on how Siemens customers are harnessing artificial intelligence to transform their businesses. Busch was joined onstage by Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang, who announced an expanded partnership and described it as launching a new AI-driven industrial revolution aimed at reworking manufacturing, production and supply chain management.
Later in the day, Lenovo ended with a presentation that highlighted how its AI platforms could be used personally, including through wearables, for businesses through enterprise platforms, and in applications beyond that. Lenovo CEO Yang Yuanqing appeared onstage with Huang, AMD CEO Lisa Su and Intel CEO Lip-Bu Tan.
Razer shows AI companions beyond gaming
Razer, known for CES hardware that includes products such as haptic seat cushions and tri-screen laptops, demonstrated two AI-powered prototypes. The company showed an over-ear gaming headset that also functions as a general-purpose assistant, and it displayed an AI desk companion designed to provide gaming advice and to organize a user’s life.
The desk companion is based on Razer’s Project Ava, which moved from a last year on-screen assistant to an off-screen design. In the demo, Razer said the animated sprite now sits in a small glass tube near a computer and includes built-in speakers and a camera that can see the world around it.
Razer said the two devices are AI agnostic, meaning users can work with their preferred models. For the demonstration, Razer said the Project Motoko headset ran on OpenAI’s ChatGPT, while Project Ava worked off xAI’s Grok. Even though both were presented as still in development, Razer said it expects to release both commercially later in 2026.
Autonomous airport robots aim to cut delays
Oshkosh Corporation used its CES appearance to pitch autonomous systems for airports. The company debuted a fleet of airport robots designed to help airlines carry out what Oshkosh called “the perfect turn,” a tightly timed set of tasks after a plane lands that includes fueling, cleaning, handling cargo and getting passengers off and back on.
Oshkosh CEO John Pfeifer said the goal is to produce fewer delays without compromising safety. He also said the robots are designed to keep tarmac tasks moving during severe weather such as winter storms or extreme heat, when conditions can be difficult for human crews.
According to Oshkosh, testing with major airlines is underway, and the robots would likely first appear at large hub airports such as Atlanta or Dallas. The company said it is aiming to roll the technology out over the next few years.
Roborock presents a vacuum that climbs stairs
Roborock introduced the Saros Rover, a vacuum described as sprouting chicken-like legs to navigate stairs and clean steps along the way. In the CES demo, the Rover was shown as somewhat slow when ascending and descending, but it continued cleaning each step.
Roborock said the Rover is designed to traverse almost any style of stairwell, including spiraled stairs. The company did not provide a release date, saying instead that the product is still in development.
Withings expands smart-scale features for longevity
Withings presented its Body Scan 2 smart scale as a step beyond weighing. In the demo, people lined up to try the device, and Withings said it measures 60 biomarkers in 90 seconds using pads on the feet and hands, after users remove shoes and socks.
Withings said the scale can measure markers including heart age, vascular age and metabolism, and it also provides a nerve health score. The company also said the device measures changes in electrodermal activity, linking the measurement to skin electrical properties driven by sweat gland activity.
Withings set the price at $600 and said the Body Scan 2 will be available for purchase in the spring. It also said the associated smart scale and app cost $10 a month or $100 a year, and that they provide personalized advice and a health trajectory. The French company said its goals are to help people monitor their health and reverse bad habits to promote longevity.
AI partnership to speed up nuclear fusion research
Another major announcement on Day 2 came from Commonwealth Fusion Systems along with Nvidia and Siemens. The companies said they are working together to use AI to hasten making nuclear fusion a new source of carbon-free energy.
Commonwealth Fusion Systems said it is building SPARC, a prototype fusion power plant in Massachusetts that it described as about 70% complete. Under the new partnership, the companies said they plan to create a “digital twin” of the physical machine.
CFS CEO Bob Mumgaard said the effort would involve asking questions of the simulation to speed up progress on the physical machine and to rapidly analyze data, compressing years of manual experimentation into weeks of understanding. The companies said SPARC is a prototype for CFS’s first planned power plant, ARC, intended to connect to the grid in the early 2030s.
Mumgaard also said SPARC uses very strong magnets to create conditions for fusion to happen and said the company’s first high-temperature superconducting magnet has been installed in SPARC.