Samsung’s Ballie: Inside the patents shaping home robotics

Samsung has recently announced that it has expanded its partnership with Google Cloud. This partnership integrates Gemini, Google Cloud’s generative AI tech to Ballie, Samsung’s ball-shaped personal assistant robot. First introduced at CES 2020, Ballie is a compact robot equipped with cameras, sensors, and AI capabilities that enable it to autonomously navigate a home, interact […]
This smart TV displays health information based on viewers’ facial features

FaceHeart, a Taiwanese AI company, is patenting a health monitoring function for smart televisions, one that bases its data on a viewer’s facial features.
This device captures hidden bed bugs by imitating the presence of a human

A “pest detection system” described in a recently published patent application is claimed to provide localized extermination of bed bugs through mimicry of a human presence.
LG seeks patent for smart oven that controls its own heat

South Korea’s LG Electronics has filed a patent application for an oven with artificial intelligence that ensures the proper cooking of food according to recipes set by the user.