robotic SwitchBot AI Pet makes facial expressions
SwitchBot unveils AI Pet, a furry robotic teddy bear that talks to people, displays emotions, and ‘grows’ with its users. Revealed during the IFA Berlin 2025, which runs between September 5th and 9th, the device can sit in houses, converse with people, and assist users with their tasks and questions. It has two AI systems: the first one works within the robot, which processes the language. The other works on the internet servers.
This one processes the ‘vision’, which allows the robotic SwitchBot AI Pet to use its cameras as eyes, microphones as ears, and speakers as a mouth. To make it more toy-like, the company dresses up the device with a fuzzy, furry material like fur. It allows the user not to be scared of the moving gadget, especially when it moves, blinks, shows emotions through its eyes, and speaks. Its face can also change colors and make different expressions.
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Home gadget that can express happiness, sadness, and more
The company says that the robotic SwitchBot AI Pet can show happiness, sadness, loneliness, hunger, and even jealousy, to name a few. Each emotion has its own facial pattern and voice sound, as well as body movement. Because the gadget is driven by AI, it can learn from its users through conversations and remember their faces and names, daily routines, house rooms, and even what they’ve talked about. All of these are stored in its memory data.
The robot has cameras in the face to see its surroundings, and the installed AI system identifies what they see, as well as tracks motion. Because of its microphones, the robotic SwitchBot AI Pet can understand words and create voice responses. The team says it comes with a ‘synthetic’ voice to make the users feel as if they were just talking to a human. The device can answer questions, give advice, sing songs, play games, and even make jokes.
SwitchBot unveils AI Pet, a furry robotic teddy bear that talks to people and displays emotions
responsive assistive device that can roll around
When it comes to its physical movement, the robotic SwitchBot AI Pet can sit on surfaces and turn its head. Its eyes can move left and right, and its body can tilt forward and backward. It is because of the motors installed inside its body, positioned with sensors around them. The gadget can also connect to WiFi networks, which can allow it to send data to cloud servers and receive software updates. Through this, the device can download new features, too.
Material-wise, the exterior of the robotic SwitchBot AI Pet uses soft, synthetic fabric, while the internal frame is wrapped with plastic components. The electronics use silicon chips, and the screen comes with LED technology. The size of the device is compact enough to fit bedside tables or shelves, and it is lightweight enough to be carried. Because of its wheels, it can roll around when the users ask it to go to them. It has an internal battery backup and goes into sleep mode to save power. The robotic SwitchBot AI Pet has been unveiled at the IFA Berlin 2025.
the robotic SwitchBot AI Pet can show happiness, sadness, loneliness, hunger, and even jealousy
each emotion has its own facial pattern and voice sound, as well as body movement
the robot has cameras in the face and body to see its surroundings
users can dress up the device, too
project info:
name: Switchbot AI Pet
company: Switchbot | @theswitchbot