From robot lawnmowers to AI companions - take a look at IFA highlights so far

(6 Sep 2025)
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Berlin, Germany - 5 September 2025

1. Various of humanoid robot running
2. Various of robodog walking on hind legs and then running on all fours
3. Wide of Neura robots booth
4. Neura robot 4NE1 sorting clothes
5. Cutaway of media
6. Longshot of Neura robotics CEO David Reger watching 4NE1
7. Close of 4NE1's head
8. SOUNDBITE (English) David Reger, CEO Neura Robotics:
"What you see behind me, you're seeing, let's say, a robot which is able to sort different kinds of clothing, such as colours before it goes into the washing machine. It's able to fill up the dishwasher -- doing things that we don't like to do. And the other part is, we want to let people stay longer at home, without being pushed into care. It's because (they) feel again safe (at) home, because you have a buddy helping you with all kind of tasks, at the same time giving you the secureness that if you fall there is somebody who's going to help you or just call 991 for you. So this actually what we are building -- robots which are there to support you, support humanity and make our lives easier."

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Berlin, Germany - 4 September 2025

9. Various of the Sunseeker X5 robot lawnmower moving around the IFA Showstoppers exhibition hall - the robot uses AI to detect obstacles, map out zones and adapt to different types of grass surfaces and desired finish
10. Mid of Aiper's swimming pool cleaning robots on display table
11. Various of Lymow AI powered robot
12. Various of Roborock's RockMow Z1 on display table
13. SOUNDBITE (English) Ruben Rodriguez, Global PR manager at Roborock:
"This robot lawn mower that we have over here is the RockMow Z1, it's the first one in the market that is able to climb up and down slopes of up to 80% so that's 30 degrees. And each one of the four wheels that you see over here, it has independent motors. The two front ones have steering motors so that the device can turn very easily in the grass, making it the perfect companion for very large lawns."

14. Various of Aurzen's stand where one of its Zip projects displays a pattern on to a pair of shoes ready for someone to draw over the lines in pen - the company says the project is the world's first tri-fold portable projector with speakers and battery charging equipped
15. Various of Aurzen Zip project displaying an anime video on screen
16. Mid of Aurzen Zip projector

17. Wide tilt of SyBran Code 27's stand, with various AI anime companions on display - which are designed using multimodal AI technology
18. Close of a SyBran Code 27 AI companion
19. Various of an anime AI generated SyBran Code 27 companion dancing
20. Close of screen displaying companion's mood
21. SOUNDBITE (English) Zheng Hou, Co-founder of Sybran:
"You can interact, have multiple interactions with the character you want, from anime, from manga or even create your own character. You can download the character from the internet also like from any community. You can have multimodal interactions with the character."

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Berlin, Germany - 3 September 2025

22. Tilt down of Nio EP9, an all-electric supercar developed by the Chinese EV manufacturer Nio - Bosch supplies many of the electronic systems and components
23. Bosch logo
24. Various of Bosch appliances
25. Various of Siemens product launch
26. Various of Siemens appliances
27. Various of Miele appliances
28. Pan of Acer electric mobility products
29. Various of Acer's new gaming range of desk tops, the Acer Predator Orion 7000 and Predator Orion 5000
30. Pan of gaming notebook, the Predator Helios 18P AI laptop

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