Ebo Air from Enabot is pitched as a "family companion robot", a mobile, self-charging, family-friendly robotic companion, designed to help people connect with loved ones at all times, from any location.
Of course, we can already connect with our loved ones via the medium of telephone, message or video chat, but what this little robotic friend will do is propel itself around your home at programmed intervals, chattering away to itself, filming and taking photos (saving either to its 16GB external memory or a card up to 256GB), entertaining pets and children as it goes, monitoring your home for unknown intruders, and generally being a helpful little soul.
In its core functionality, Ebo Air is reminiscent of Kuri, the home companion robot created by Mayfield Robotics, whose cute appeal famously stole the show at CES 2017 and again at CES 2018, before being abruptly terminated by parent company Bosch later that year.
Kuri stood a little under 3ft...